On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, David Miller wrote: > From: Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 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... -- 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
