In message <Pine.NEB.4.63.0509291027210.8521@server.duh.org>, Todd Vierling wri
tes:
>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>
>> >Speaking of which, this should become the default in any kernel with
>> >COMPAT_LINUX enabled (or just turn on the compat bits always!).  It's long
>> >past time to stop requiring a special mount option just to get 15-20% of an
>> >emulated platform's binaries to work.
>>
>> You are suggesting that we add:
>>
>> 	char buf[256];
>>
>> 	if (sysctlbyname("emul.linux.kern.ostype",
>> 	    NULL, 0, buf, sizeof(buf)) != -1)
>> 		flags |=  PROCFSMNT_LINUXCOMPAT;
>>
>> to mount_procfs?
>
>Yes, something like that.  In fact, I like that quite a lot as a first step.
>
>(I'd personally prefer to see the check added to the kernel directly and rip
>out the mount_procfs bits altogether.  Just using COMPAT_LINUX as a switch
>there isn't very useful, since it leaves the compat_linux.o LKM in the
>dust...)
>

What is the disadvantage of that flag always being enabled?  Does it 
need to be an option?

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb