On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 04:16:14PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Nigel Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > --- 9904.patch-old/kernel/sysctl.c 2006-04-19 08:40:47.000000000 +1000
> > +++ 9904.patch-new/kernel/sysctl.c 2006-04-17 21:06:23.000000000 +1000
> > @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
> > .strategy = &sysctl_string,
> > },
> > #endif
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
>
> I've had this in -mm for a couple of weeks now but rmk points out that it's
> rather silly. Because if you have CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y, CONFIG_NET=n then the
> kernel cannot deliver hotplug events to userspace..
>
> So perhaps CONFIG_HOTPLUG should depend upon CONFIG_NET or, better,
> CONFIG_NETLINK.
I have a patch in the queue from Kay that should fix this. Hopefully...
Will get to it tomorrow.
> Dunno. I left this in Greg's lap, but he's hiding.
Hiding? A -stable release a day sure isn't hiding :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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