Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751634AbWCBV2I (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:28:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751638AbWCBV2I (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:28:08 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:12562 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751634AbWCBV2G (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:28:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:28:05 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool Message-ID: <20060302212805.GG9295@stusta.de> References: <20060301175852.GA4708@stusta.de> <20060302173840.GB9295@stusta.de> <20060302195106.GC19232@lug-owl.de> <20060302203922.GE9295@stusta.de> <20060302205105.GF19232@lug-owl.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060302205105.GF19232@lug-owl.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2230 Lines: 48 On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:51:06PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > 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 > > > > > > enough modules to the other medium for having a effect bigger than the > > > > > > kernel image size increase from setting CONFIG_MODULES=y. > > > > > That's not very difficult considering the large number of modules that's > > > > > out there that a system may wish to use. > > > > This might be true for full-blown desktop systems - but these do not > > > > tend to be the systems where kernel image size matters that much. > > > > Smaller kernel image size might be an issue e.g. for distribution > > > > kernels, but in a much less pressing way. > > > Kernel image size matters if you try to make it boot off a floppy. > > > > Sure, but the usual router-on-a-floppy cases are similar cases where > > CONFIG_MODULES=n 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. In these cases, CONFIG_UNIX shouldn't make the difference between the kernel fitting on the first floppy and the kernel not fitting on the first floppy. > MfG, JBG cu Adrian BTW: Don't remove people from the Cc when replying to linux-kernel (my MUA honors your Mail-Followup-To, but there was no reason for you to not send me a copy of your email). -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/