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Message-Id: <200610020708.k92788Th007608@harpo.it.uu.se> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:08:08 +0200 (MEST) From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se> To: akpm@...l.org, rdunlap@...otime.net Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rossb@...gle.com, sam@...nborg.org Subject: Re: + allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module.patch added to -mm tree On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:17:02 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > The patch titled > > > > > > > > allow /proc/config.gz to be built as a module > > > > > > > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ... > Can any of the distro people chime in here? Andrew merged this > patch to mainline today. Several people had disagreed with merging > it, but now Andrew says we need more discussion (if or) in order to > revert it. Merged into -mm or not, modular /proc/config.gz remains an utterly redundant kernel feature that user-space doesn't need. User-space knows how to locate modules for the running kernel, including the module implementing /proc/config.gz; therefore it can replace the module file with the corresponding config data, without loss of functionality. All that's needed is to standardise the location of the config file; /lib/modules/`uname -r`/config.gz seems a reasonable choice. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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