From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH] net: don't allow INET to be not configured Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:44:51 -0700 Message-ID: <20120904104451.29819808@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> References: <20120904171330.f6b0a922a754ba0f3acc123b@canb.auug.org.au> <50463941.9070703@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <50463941.9070703@xenotime.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML , netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-next.vger.kernel.org There is no reason to expose turning off TCP/IP networking. If networking is enabled force TCP/IP to enabled. This also eliminates the time chasing down errors with bogus configurations generated by 'make randconfig' For testing, it is still possible to edit Kconfig Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/net/Kconfig 2012-08-15 08:59:22.910704705 -0700 +++ b/net/Kconfig 2012-09-04 10:39:53.654585718 -0700 @@ -51,26 +51,7 @@ source "net/xfrm/Kconfig" source "net/iucv/Kconfig" config INET - bool "TCP/IP networking" - ---help--- - These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local - Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge - your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window - system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any - other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which - allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!). - - For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the - Linux Networking HOWTO, available from - . - - If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and - "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the - behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in - /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file - . - - Short answer: say Y. + def_bool y if INET source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"