when i had that module modular and added to the initrd, udev didn`t work, though. same error message:
udevd[1226]: init_udev_socket: error getting socket: Address family not supported by protocol not sure if i did a mistake here.... anyway, this message is not obvious to the end user. i like the kernel being modular, but i also like it if things "just work" - and with "allmodconfig", modular UNIX domain sockets seem to create hassle. (see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-476363-highlight-.html or http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-463793-highlight-.html ) so, if this patch is being rejected, maybe it would be useful if udev would give a proper hint, if it`s missing this kernel feature. btw, udev documentation telling this: - The kernel must have sysfs, unix domain sockets and networking enabled. (unix domain sockets (CONFIG_UNIX) as a loadable kernel module may work, but it is completely silly - don't complain if anything goes wrong.) furthermore, if this needs to be modular, then i`d please have tcp/ip networking modular, too. :) regards roland ps: not being a skilled programmer, so this is mostly an admins/users perspective. > > From: Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:09:43 +0100 (CET) > > > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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. > > I keep seeing this crap patch get submitted and I'm going to keep > dropping it because it's bogus. > > It seems to stem from some filesystem interface or whatever that the > VFS folks don't want to export or one they want to now stop exporting. > > But that is a really cruddy reason to want to force AF_UNIX to not > be allowed to be modular, and the udev thing just makes it more of a > joke rather than a good technical reason. > _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
