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Message-Id: <20120106.180745.694506225640408539.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:07:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:55:13 -0800

> Look, I have a *recent* distro (up-to-date F16) and the tool that is
> mentioned (ss) doesn't actually use the new feature even when compiled
> in.
> 
> So it doesn't "replace" anything, and buys normal people nothing at all.
> 
> Some day, maybe. Today? No. It's pure baggage. It shouldn't be "default y".

Oh I see.

Ok, we can take away those default Kconfig tags for the UDP and AF_UNIX
bits, no problem.
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