Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in

Al Viro
2007-12-31T19:39:09Z

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.