Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932284AbWCBUvM (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:51:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932291AbWCBUvM (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:51:12 -0500 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:31155 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932284AbWCBUvL (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:51:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:51:06 +0100 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool Message-ID: <20060302205105.GF19232@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060301175852.GA4708@stusta.de> <20060302173840.GB9295@stusta.de> <20060302195106.GC19232@lug-owl.de> <20060302203922.GE9295@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RjJ1HjOwPpAMVNtA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060302203922.GE9295@stusta.de> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.12.3lug-owl X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2380 Lines: 63 --RjJ1HjOwPpAMVNtA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2006-03-02 21:39:22 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 08:51:06PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-03-02 18:38:40 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:31:34PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > It does also matter in the kernel image size case, since you have= to put=20 > > > > > enough modules to the other medium for having a effect bigger tha= n the > > > > > kernel image size increase from setting CONFIG_MODULES=3Dy. > > > > That's not very difficult considering the large number of modules t= hat's > > > > out there that a system may wish to use. > > > This might be true for full-blown desktop systems - but these do not= =20 > > > tend to be the systems where kernel image size matters that much. > > > Smaller kernel image size might be an issue e.g. for distribution=20 > > > kernels, but in a much less pressing way. > > Kernel image size matters if you try to make it boot off a floppy. >=20 > Sure, but the usual router-on-a-floppy cases are similar cases where=20 > CONFIG_MODULES=3Dn brings at least as much gain as making things modular. You may want to have a chance to load modules from an initrd with is on a 2nd floppy. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O f=C3=BCr einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=C3=BCrger" | im Internet! | i= m Irak! O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --RjJ1HjOwPpAMVNtA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEB1q5Hb1edYOZ4bsRAvtSAJ9vsPdWRVBhears1Clh2/9cyBlXNgCfeGcv atlCJKvOeDqn3rFaUrYgiNk= =btET -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RjJ1HjOwPpAMVNtA-- - 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/