From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:53:19 +0000 Subject: can dependency on CONFIG_NET be dropped for Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org based on a discussion on another mailing list, it would appear that this dependency in kernel/sysctl.c is overkill: #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) { .procname = "hotplug", .data = &uevent_helper, .maxlen = UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN, .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dostring, }, #endif as someone else explained, there is no need for that CONFIG_NET dependency anymore, is there? as i read it, you'll already have hotplug support -- all the above gives you is the /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug file that allows you to override the default setting of /sbin/hotplug, yes? in the simple case, if it's feasible, one could just drop that second dependency. or if you wanted to make the proc file a truly separate config choice, just invent a new Kconfig variable like, say, HOTPLUG_PROC_FILE which depends on HOTPLUG. thoughts? rday p.s. the poster on the other list referred to these links: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/363682 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/402057 by way of explanation. -- ==================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ====================================