From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
jengelh@computergmbh.de, devzero@web.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bunk@kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:38:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071231193848.GQ27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0712311426520.3761@be1.lrz>
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:03:20PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
>
> > > As suggested by Adrian Bunk, UNIX domain sockets should always be built in
> > > on normal systems. This is especially true since udev needs these sockets
> > > and fails to run if UNIX=m.
> > >
> > > Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
> >
> > People who use udev can make sure they have it built into their kernel
> > if they have such a dependency.
> >
> > Not everyone uses udev, and therefore needs AF_UNIX non-modular.
>
> That's why I kept this option for embedded folks.
>
> Is there any benefit for non-embedded systems from having UNIX=m?
udev-free != embedded.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-31 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-31 12:09 [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 12:20 ` David Miller
2007-12-31 14:03 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 19:38 ` Al Viro [this message]
2008-01-01 3:45 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-01 3:48 ` David Miller
2008-01-01 4:48 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-01 5:01 ` Theodore Tso
2008-01-02 10:25 ` Herbert Xu
2008-01-02 12:26 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 12:24 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 13:26 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 14:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 15:19 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 15:34 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-31 17:43 ` Patrick Mau
2007-12-31 22:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-31 17:51 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 18:05 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 15:55 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 15:59 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 16:01 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 16:17 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 16:38 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 17:18 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 18:37 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 19:05 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 16:11 ` Torsten Kaiser
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2007-12-31 13:23 devzero
2007-12-31 13:23 ` devzero
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