Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:43:50 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Support kernel/hotplug sysctl variable when !CONFIG_NET |
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On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:57:12PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote: > From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> > > The kernel/hotplug sysctl variable (/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug file) was > made conditional on CONFIG_NET by commit > f743ca5e10f4145e0b3e6d11b9b46171e16af7ce (applied in 2.6.18) to fix > problems with undefined references in 2.6.16 when CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y && > !CONFIG_NET, but this restriction is no longer needed.
Why is this restriction no longer needed? What changed?
> This patch makes the kernel/hotplug sysctl variable depend only on > CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
Why is this needed? Are you really running without a network and still want to change the default /sbin/hotplug binary?
confused,
greg k-h
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