Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:43:19 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Cannot compile without sysctl (+semi-patch) |
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On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 06:06:35PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Jan,
> in trying to make the smallest possible kernel for an old pc's needs (read: > 386sx) disabling sysctl support (CONFIG_SYSCTL) does not work, sys_setgroups > and sys_setgroups16 still require it. (I get a linking error.) > It's not a blocker, but it would be nice if this got wrapped up in #ifdef or > something :-) so that either sysctl is always on or sys_setgroups behaves a > little different. > > Preferably: > include/linux/limits.h: > #ifdef __KERNEL__ > extern int ngroups_max; > # define NGROUPS_MAX ngroups_max > #else > # define NGROUPS_MAX __NGROUPS_MAX > #endif > > to >...
you should also tell us which kernel version you observed this problem in - neither the latest 2.4 nor the latest 2.6 kernels have a limits.h like the one you describe...
> Jan Engelhardt
cu Adrian
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