Manuel Bouyer <bou...@antioche.eu.org> writes: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 02:39:47PM +0200, Maxime Villard wrote: >> > Actually I did suggest to make the default dependant on MODULAR. >> >> what's the point exactly? > > that if I build a non-modular kernel with an emulation option explicitely > selected, it works at boot. Even in single-user mode.
I think the real point is hidden behind this statement. If I just run GENERIC, because I'm not paying attention to details, then I am not "building a non-modular kernel with an emulation option explicitly selected". I'm accepting a default. As I understand it, the real debate is about whether the distributed GENERIC kernel will run Linux emulation by default, or whether it should require some enabling of that emulation. All the rest is details flowing from that main decision. Certainly there could be a kernel option to default the sysctl to on. People who wnt to "explicitly select an emulation optoon" can turn on that define, and have it working from boot. Then, I think the debate reduces to "should the checked-in GENERIC enable the emulation sysctl".
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