Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759175AbZCMV0t (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754433AbZCMV0k (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:40 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:52137 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751903AbZCMV0k (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:26:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090313.142626.59387316.davem@davemloft.net> To: scott@canonical.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/31] netlink: Auto-load af_netlink module when socket opened. From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 878 Lines: 22 From: Scott James Remnant Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:44:00 +0000 > The af_netlink module is missing the net-pf-16 alias that would cause it > to be auto-loaded when a socket of that type is opened. This patch adds > the alias. > > While we normally build this module in, some users may choose to > reconfigure their kernel with this as a module. > > Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner If you can get netlink to be built modular, impressive. :-) It's always built statically into the kernel so there is no reason for this patch. -- 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/