Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:11:45 -0700 | | From | Randy Dunlap <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Support kernel/hotplug sysctl variable when !CONFIG_NET |
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:43:50 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
> 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.
Ack, builds for me on x86_64 when CONFIG_NET is not enabled.
> Why is this restriction no longer needed? What changed?
commit cd3772e6898c6386f21d2958346d6dd57d4204f5 Author: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> Date: Sun Nov 16 18:22:09 2008 +0800
kernel/ksysfs.c:fix dependence on CONFIG_NET
Access to uevent_seqnum and uevent_helper does not need to depend on CONFIG_NET, so remove it.
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > 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,
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