Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68 FUTEX support should be optional

[Andrew Morton]

Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Yes. We can make tit a CONFIG option, and then force it to always be "y" 
>  in the .config file. And then the people who really know and really care 
>  can turn the "y" to a "n".

I did it the below way.  Or are you suggesting that a manual edit of
.config should be required?   It may not get tested at all that way?

--- 25/init/Kconfig~CONFIG_FUTEX	Wed May 14 12:43:16 2003
+++ 25-akpm/init/Kconfig	Wed May 14 13:06:15 2003
@@ -108,8 +108,17 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
 		     13 =>  8 KB
 		     12 =>  4 KB
 
+menu "Size reduced kernel"
+
+config FUTEX
+	bool "Futex support"
+	default y
+	---help---
+	Say Y if you want support for Fast Userspace Mutexes (Futexes).
+	WARNING: disabling futex support will probably cause glibc to fail.
 endmenu
 
+endmenu
 
 menu "Loadable module support"