Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Jan 2008 05:48:06 +0100 (CET) | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in |
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, David Miller wrote: > From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
> > The big question is: Is there any non-embedded system where you have > > to aim for a small kernel image? > > One some platforms, due to bootloader restrictions or whatever, > there are hard limits on how large the main kernel image can be. > > On sparc64 for example the limit is around 6.5MB
That would be about the size of a complete rescue system. I don't think we need to worry about unix sockets there, do we?
> But this "big question" isn't the important issue, in fact it's > tangental and has no bearing on the final decision we make > here. > > Rather, choice is, and taking choice away is bad. I may have a reason > to make AF_UNIX modular, I might not, but either way taking that > option away from me is not the right thing to do.
_You_'ll still have the option, because you have selected EMBEDDED=y (otherwise, you'd miss all other valuable options to cripple your kernel), while the folks that just care for a working systems will have what they'd select anyway without being bothered with useless questions. -- Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say: 5. Just add yourself to the password file and make a directory...
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