Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272356AbTHNQcy (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:32:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272415AbTHNQcy (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:32:54 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:54278 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272356AbTHNQcw (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:32:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:32:49 +0100 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make modules work in Linus' tree on ARM Message-ID: <20030814173249.C332@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel List References: <20030814130810.A332@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@osdl.org on Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:19:17AM -0700 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1150 Lines: 27 On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:19:17AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Russell King wrote: > > > > After reviewing the /proc/kcore and kclist issues, I've decided that I'm > > no longer prepared to even _think_ about supporting /proc/kcore on ARM - > > I suspect we should just remove it altogether. > > Does anybody actually _use_ /proc/kcore? It was one of those "cool > feature" things, but I certainly haven't ever used it myself except for > testing, and it's historically often been broken after various kernel > infrastructure updates, and people haven't complained.. I was thinking afterwards about a patch to allow /proc/kcore to be entirely disabled and dropped out of the kernel - we already select between a.out and ELF. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/