On Dec 30 2007 21:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>i build a kernel with allmodconfig and didn`t get my system to boot with that.
>
>after some investigation i found that it was due to udev:
>
>udevd[1226]: init_udev_socket: error getting socket: Address family not 
>supported by protocol 
>
>this was missing support UNIX DOMAIN SOCKETS at boot time.
>easy - so i added unix.ko to my initrd.
>
>but that didn`t make a difference. Still same error with udev.
>
>seems, there are others who stepped into this trap and someone telling, unix 
>domain sockets cannot be modular
>https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-476363-highlight-.html
>https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-463793-highlight-.html
>
>
>since we have 1206 options set to "Y" anyway, would it make sense to remove 
>module support for Unix Domain Sockets ?
>opensuse103:/home/kernel/linux-2.6.23 # cat .config.allmodconfig |grep "=y" 
>|wc -l
>1206
>opensuse103:/home/kernel/linux-2.6.23 # cat .config.allmodconfig |grep "=m" 
>|wc -l
>2098
>
>i also came across this one:
>
>http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/41/205717.html
>

I'd rather much do in the Kconfig:

config UNIX
        tristate "UNIX domain sockets" if I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING # currently 
called CONFIG_EMBEDDED
        bool "UNIX domain sockets"
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