Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751092AbWCZJnO (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:43:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751022AbWCZJnO (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:43:14 -0500 Received: from ishtar.tlinx.org ([64.81.245.74]:36541 "EHLO ishtar.tlinx.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750741AbWCZJnN (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:43:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4426620C.2040707@tlinx.org> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:42:36 -0800 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: Security downgrade? CONFIG_HOTPLUG required in 2.6.16? References: <44237D87.70300@tlinx.org> <20060325192635.GQ4053@stusta.de> In-Reply-To: <20060325192635.GQ4053@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 20 Adrian Bunk wrote: > - hotplugging devices != module loading > - CONFIG_HOTPLUG does not load any code into the kernel. > - hotplugging devices can work without any userspace support > > As an example, hotplugging an USB hard disk works fine with > CONFIG_MODULES=n and without any userspace support (assuming > a static /dev). > --- Ah, I see. But if I have no USB hard disk to plug in? Should I still be compiling in HOTPLUG? Seems a waste. Thanks for the example though... -linda - 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/