Re: [PATCH] Make procfs obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



H. Peter Anvin wrote:
From: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>

This patch makes procfs non-optional unless EMBEDDED is set, just like
sysfs.  procfs is already de facto required for a large subset of
Linux functionality.

I have no objection, but I'm curious why this wasn't done long ago.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 71d6b30..2c3a733 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ endmenu
 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
config PROC_FS
-	bool "/proc file system support"
+	bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
+	default y
 	help
 	  This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
 	  of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux