From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752826Ab0FGRpL (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:45:11 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:48708 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752740Ab0FGRpK (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:45:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:43:50 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Ian Abbott Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support kernel/hotplug sysctl variable when !CONFIG_NET Message-ID: <20100607174350.GA7807@suse.de> References: <1275911832-11667-1-git-send-email-abbotti@mev.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1275911832-11667-1-git-send-email-abbotti@mev.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:57:12PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote: > From: Ian Abbott > > The kernel/hotplug sysctl variable (/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug file) was > made conditional on CONFIG_NET by commit > f743ca5e10f4145e0b3e6d11b9b46171e16af7ce (applied in 2.6.18) to fix > problems with undefined references in 2.6.16 when CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y && > !CONFIG_NET, but this restriction is no longer needed. Why is this restriction no longer needed? What changed? > This patch makes the kernel/hotplug sysctl variable depend only on > CONFIG_HOTPLUG. Why is this needed? Are you really running without a network and still want to change the default /sbin/hotplug binary? confused, greg k-h