linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][Resend] Let SYSVIPC default to 'y'

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:40:17 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][Resend] Let SYSVIPC default to 'y'

2008/4/27 Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:11:03 +0200 (CEST)
>  Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com> wrote:
>
>  > From: Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
>  >
>  > [This patch was previously submitted on  24 April 2008 01:01]
>
>  And people responded pointed out that entire distributions were running
>  with SYS5 IPC off and no ill effects so why is it stil being resubmitted ?
>

Well, because in my experience there are many programs out there that
do not run fine with this off, and I believe that our defaults should
try to be a kernel that works well for as much software as possible
out there.
The overhead of including this is fairly low. Thare are apps out there
that require it. It's just a default for the kernel.org kernel,
distros can still set whatever they please.
But OK, I'll leave it at this and not resubmit it again if it doesn't
get merged, I don't feel that strongly about it.


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