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

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Message-ID: <20071231160140.579f0fb2@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:01:40 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	"Torsten Kaiser" <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, "Bodo Eggert" <7eggert@....de>,
	"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

> I'd say the practical advantage to the user would be almost zero.
> Which distribution is going to enable this option and defacto
> banning external modules?

It would be a real nuisance for developing code let alone for using it.
The entries are currently far bigger than is needed and fixing that would
be much more productive.

Alan
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