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* [2.6 patch] make BINFMT_FLAT a bool
@ 2008-01-20 19:20 Adrian Bunk
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Bunk @ 2008-01-20 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Bryan Wu

I have not yet seen anyone saying he has a reasonable use case for using 
BINFMT_FLAT modular on his embedded device.

Considering that fs/binfmt_flat.c even lacks a MODULE_LICENSE() I really 
doubt there is any, and this patch therefore makes BINFMT_FLAT a bool.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney.lkml@gmail.com>

---

This patch has been sent on:
- 1 Jan 2008

 fs/Kconfig.binfmt |    2 +-
 fs/binfmt_flat.c  |    6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

5437fb7517380d1b93dde3c09dbd3a2efaf276c3 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index d4fc609..c16a16c 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	  It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
 
 config BINFMT_FLAT
-	tristate "Kernel support for flat binaries"
+	bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
 	depends on !MMU
 	help
 	  Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 33764fd..274d723 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -933,14 +933,8 @@ static int __init init_flat_binfmt(void)
 	return register_binfmt(&flat_format);
 }
 
-static void __exit exit_flat_binfmt(void)
-{
-	unregister_binfmt(&flat_format);
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 
 core_initcall(init_flat_binfmt);
-module_exit(exit_flat_binfmt);
 
 /****************************************************************************/


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* [2.6 patch] make BINFMT_FLAT a bool
@ 2008-02-13 21:31 Adrian Bunk
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Bunk @ 2008-02-13 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Bryan Wu

I have not yet seen anyone saying he has a reasonable use case for using 
BINFMT_FLAT modular on his embedded device.

Considering that fs/binfmt_flat.c even lacks a MODULE_LICENSE() I really 
doubt there is any, and this patch therefore makes BINFMT_FLAT a bool.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney.lkml@gmail.com>

---

This patch has been sent on:
- 20 Jan 2008
- 1 Jan 2008

 fs/Kconfig.binfmt |    2 +-
 fs/binfmt_flat.c  |    6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

5437fb7517380d1b93dde3c09dbd3a2efaf276c3 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index d4fc609..c16a16c 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	  It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
 
 config BINFMT_FLAT
-	tristate "Kernel support for flat binaries"
+	bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
 	depends on !MMU
 	help
 	  Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 33764fd..274d723 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -933,14 +933,8 @@ static int __init init_flat_binfmt(void)
 	return register_binfmt(&flat_format);
 }
 
-static void __exit exit_flat_binfmt(void)
-{
-	unregister_binfmt(&flat_format);
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 
 core_initcall(init_flat_binfmt);
-module_exit(exit_flat_binfmt);
 
 /****************************************************************************/



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