Bug 695415

Summary: no need to compile binfmt_misc into the kernel
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Lennart Poettering <lpoetter>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, skr
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Description Lennart Poettering 2011-04-11 16:42:44 UTC 
binfmt_misc is not used on normal installs, unless Java, Mono or WINE are installed. Hence I don't think there is any need to compile binfmt_misc into the kernel by default.

In a systemd world the binfmt_misc is actually installed as autofs fs so that the fs is actually just backed and the kmod is only loaded if actually somebody uses binfmt_misc.

Given that binfmt_misc is tiny this doesn't matter too much, but I think it might be oe of the things where making it a loadable module is actually a good thing.
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2011-07-11 21:03:50 UTC 
done for rawhide. for f15, meh... who cares.