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On 2010-03-07 9:14 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Tanstaafl schrieb: |
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>> The Gentoo udev guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml) says |
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>> specifically to make sure that: |
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>> 'General setup ---> |
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>> [*] Support for hot-pluggable devices' |
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>> is enabled, but I didn't have this option available (the others were |
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>> already enabled) when I did 'make menuconfig'. |
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>> I did find it (or one named the same) under: |
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>> 'Configure standard kernel features (for small systems) --->' |
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>> But when that is enabled, 'Namespaces support' is automatically disabled. |
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> I cannot reproduce the deactivation of 'Namespaces support' by simply |
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> activating 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' here |
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> (2.6.31-tuxonice-r7). In any case, you won't need Namespaces. |
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I always copy my old .config from my previous kernel and run make |
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menuconfig, so the new kernel will inherit all identical options from |
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the previous kernel, leaving only new/changed ones to be verified. |
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This new kernel had 'Namespaces support' enabled and 'Configure standard |
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kernel features (for smaller systems) disabled by default. |
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The 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' - along with a bunch of others, |
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*all marked (NEW)* (presumable because they've been moved?) - was a |
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*sub* option under the main option 'Configure standard kernel features |
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(for smaller systems)', which was *disabled* by default, and the first |
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time I enabled this, the 'Namespaces support' option was automatically |
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disabled - however I could re-enable it and 'configure standard...' |
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stayed enabled. |
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I'm not comfortable at all in kernel land and don't make changes |
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lightly, relying heavily on guides, google and the knowledge of others, |
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so I was concerned because usually when something is enabled by default |
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in a kernel, it is for a reason. |
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Also - the '(for smaller systems)' is similar to the 'for embedded |
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systems' reference, which contributed to my doubt... |
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> Please also file a bug about this little documentation issue. |
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Done: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308453 |
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Thanks, |
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Charles |
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