Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932579AbVLQNSK (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:18:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932581AbVLQNSK (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:18:10 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:40090 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932579AbVLQNSJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:18:09 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:18:07 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Adrian Bunk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt Mackall Subject: Re: remove CONFIG_UID16 Message-ID: <20051217131807.GD13043@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt Mackall References: <20051217044410.GO23349@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051217044410.GO23349@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 588 Lines: 14 On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always > disabled in the latest -mm kernels. > > Is there any reason against removing it completely? Yes, it breaks backwards-compatilbity for not even that old binaries. There's not way we're ever going to remove it. - 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/