linux-kernel - [PATCH] CONFIG_KMOD needs to be default y

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Date:	Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:49:31 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>, rusty <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [PATCH] CONFIG_KMOD needs to be default y

Far too many people configure their kernel without CONFIG_KMOD
and then complain that wireless breaks, thanks to Herbert Xu for
pointing me to this.

This patch makes CONFIG_KMOD default to "y" and adds a warning
that people should not turn it off.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
---
Maybe it should even depend on EMBEDDED? Who needs this option off
in the first place?

 init/Kconfig |    8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- everything.orig/init/Kconfig	2008-07-08 13:42:10.000000000 +0200
+++ everything/init/Kconfig	2008-07-08 13:43:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 config KMOD
 	bool "Automatic kernel module loading"
 	depends on MODULES
+	default y
 	help
 	  Normally when you have selected some parts of the kernel to
 	  be created as kernel modules, you must load them (using the
@@ -902,7 +903,12 @@ config KMOD
 	  here, some parts of the kernel will be able to load modules
 	  automatically: when a part of the kernel needs a module, it
 	  runs modprobe with the appropriate arguments, thereby
-	  loading the module if it is available.  If unsure, say Y.
+	  loading the module if it is available.
+
+	  Do not say N unless you know you do not need it, and expect
+	  wireless, crypto and other things to break in this case.
+
+	  Say Y.
 
 config STOP_MACHINE
 	bool


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