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

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:03:20PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@xxxxxx>
> 
> > > As suggested by Adrian Bunk, UNIX domain sockets should always be built in 
> > > on normal systems. This is especially true since udev needs these sockets
> > > and fails to run if UNIX=m.
> > > 
> > > Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@xxxxxx>
> > 
> > People who use udev can make sure they have it built into their kernel
> > if they have such a dependency.
> > 
> > Not everyone uses udev, and therefore needs AF_UNIX non-modular.
> 
> That's why I kept this option for embedded folks.
> 
> Is there any benefit for non-embedded systems from having UNIX=m?

udev-free != embedded.
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