linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in

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Message-ID: <20071231122419.GA13803@does.not.exist>
Date:	Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:24:19 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>, devzero@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in

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@....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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