From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>,
devzero@web.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:24:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071231122419.GA13803@does.not.exist> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0712311300020.3686@be1.lrz>
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 01:09:43PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> 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>
>
> ---
> Last minute change: I decided against making it a bool because embedded
> folks might depend on a small kernel image. Edited in the patch below.
>...
Is this just a purely theoretical thought or is this a reasonable use
case people actually use in practice?
After all, changing it to a bool will allow us to make the kernel image
for nearly everyone smaller by a few hundred bytes...
cu
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-31 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-31 12:09 [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 12:20 ` David Miller
2007-12-31 14:03 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 19:38 ` Al Viro
2008-01-01 3:45 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-01 3:48 ` David Miller
2008-01-01 4:48 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-01-01 5:01 ` Theodore Tso
2008-01-02 10:25 ` Herbert Xu
2008-01-02 12:26 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 12:24 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-12-31 13:26 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 14:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 15:19 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-12-31 15:34 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-31 17:43 ` Patrick Mau
2007-12-31 22:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-31 17:51 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 18:05 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31 15:55 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 15:59 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 16:01 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 16:17 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 16:38 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-31 17:18 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 18:37 ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-12-31 19:05 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-31 16:11 ` Torsten Kaiser
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2007-12-31 13:23 devzero
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