kernel: CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=y

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 07:02:04PM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
 > On 05/14/2011 06:10 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
 > 
 > > It used to be a module, but was converted to built-in as we were always
 > > loading it in the network scripts.  A lot of the decisions made in
 > > those '5 second boot' days seem a bit boneheaded in hindsight.
 > > For f16, we should do a good re-review of such decisions, and decide what
 > > makes sense and what doesn't, and where possible fix the startup scripts
 > > instead of working around them.
 > 
 > indeed, the *complete kernel config* should be reviewed by the fedora 
 > kernel team.
 > There are modules included(yes) in the kernel,  missing options and
 > modules, etc...
 > 
 > These greps should help:
 > 
 > look for static values:
 > $ egrep -v "=m|=y|is not set" config
 > 
 > look for missing features/modules:
 > $ egrep -v "=\"|=[0-9]|=m|=y" config
 > 
 > look for "yes", included features/modules:
 > $ egrep -v "=\"|=[0-9]|=m|is not set" config
 > 
 > and also take a look to menuconfig.

For the 'missing' options, there's usually a reason why they haven't been enabled.
We could do a better job at documenting those decisions (perhaps even in the config files themselves)

	Dave