Re: [PATCH] x86: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_FHANDLE

[Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>]

Am 26.11.2014 um 00:51 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:36:52AM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> systemd has a hard dependency on CONFIG_FHANDLE.
> 
> It's been this way for a very long time, why is this suddenly an issue?

Because nobody cared to create patch and just called systemd names? ;-)

> And what about all of the other systemd kernel requirements, are you
> ignoring them here?

No, they are already enabled in x86 defconfig.

>> If you run systemd with CONFIG_FHANDLE=n it will somehow
>> boot but fail to spawn a getty or other basic services.
>> As systemd is now used by most x86 distributions it
>> makes sense to enabled this by default and save kernel
>> hackers a lot of value debugging time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig   | 1 +
>>  arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 1 +
> 
> Do these files even make any sense anymore?  Who uses them?  The distros
> sure do not...

Maybe I'm oldschool but I expect a defconfig kernel to be able to boot a
recent distro.

Thanks,
//richard