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Message-ID: <20120904104451.29819808@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:44:51 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: don't allow INET to be not configured
There is no reason to expose turning off TCP/IP networking.
If networking is enabled force TCP/IP to enabled. This also
eliminates the time chasing down errors with bogus configurations
generated by 'make randconfig'
For testing, it is still possible to edit Kconfig
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
--- a/net/Kconfig 2012-08-15 08:59:22.910704705 -0700
+++ b/net/Kconfig 2012-09-04 10:39:53.654585718 -0700
@@ -51,26 +51,7 @@ source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
config INET
- bool "TCP/IP networking"
- ---help---
- These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
- Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
- your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
- system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
- other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
- allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
-
- For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
- Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-
- If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
- "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
- behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
- /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
- <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
-
- Short answer: say Y.
+ def_bool y
if INET
source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
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