> It's required by newer RedHat and MDK initscripts, perhaps others.
> ip, iproute and similar utilities use it, and so since it's commonly
> required DaveM made it unconditional... I think the checkin comment was
> something along the lines of "make it unconditional unless Alan
> complains about kernel bloat" :)
Hmm, perhaps RTNETLINK should be enabled
IFF networking is selected? I see to remember
that was the idea being bandied about...
Anyway, Merry Christmas to all -
jjs
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