From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why is CONFIG_VT forced on?
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 02:40:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191231024054.GC4203@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <774dfe49-61a0-0144-42b7-c2cbac150687@landley.net>
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 08:04:35PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote:
>
>
> On 12/30/19 7:45 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On 12/30/19 6:59 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> #
> >> # Character devices
> >> #
> >> CONFIG_TTY=y
> >> # CONFIG_VT is not set
> >>
> >> But first you must set/enable EXPERT. See the bool prompt.
> >
> > Wait, the if doesn't _disable_ the symbol? It disables _editability_ of the
> > symbol, but the symbol can still be on (and displayed) when the if is false?
> > (Why would...)
> >
> > Ok. Thanks for pointing that out. Any idea why the menuconfig help text has no
> > mention of this?
>
> So if I disable CONFIG_EXPERT, using miniconfig I then need to manually switch on:
>
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Namespaces support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Multiple users, groups and capabilities support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Sysfs syscall support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "open by fhandle syscalls" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable support for printk" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "BUG() support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable ELF core dumps" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable futex support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable eventpoll support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable signalfd() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable timerfd() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable eventfd() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Use full shmem filesystem" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable AIO support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable IO uring support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable madvise/fadvise syscalls" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable membarrier() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Load all symbols for debugging/ksymoops" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable rseq() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enabled debugging of rseq() system call" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "PC/104 support" if EXPERT
> ./init/Kconfig: bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EXPERT
No. What you need is
* actually attempt to flip CONFIG_EXPERT (go to "General setup" submenu and
set "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)" there)
* check the resulting .config (or look at the items in question via
menuconfig)
* get enlightened
Rob, if you are in a mood for a long wank, it's your business. But try to avoid
spraying the results over public lists.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-31 2:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-31 0:30 Why is CONFIG_VT forced on? Rob Landley
2019-12-31 0:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31 0:53 ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31 0:59 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31 1:45 ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31 2:00 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31 2:04 ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31 2:03 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31 2:33 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-12-31 2:40 ` Al Viro [this message]
2019-12-31 2:52 ` Al Viro
2019-12-31 3:27 ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31 3:53 ` Al Viro
2019-12-31 4:18 ` Al Viro
2019-12-31 5:58 ` Al Viro
2020-01-01 20:41 ` [PATCH] menuconfig: restore prompt dependencies in help text Arvind Sankar
2020-01-01 21:04 ` Al Viro
2020-01-01 22:26 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-01-02 16:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-02 23:14 ` [PATCH] kconfig: " Arvind Sankar
2020-01-03 2:10 ` Masahiro Yamada
2020-01-03 4:20 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-12-31 1:55 ` Why is CONFIG_VT forced on? Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-01-04 20:27 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-12-31 2:28 ` Al Viro
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