[PATCH] Config: select PLATFORM_LINUX if using sendfile()

[Denys Vlasenko]

Applied, thanks!

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski
<bartekgola at gmail.com> wrote:
> Man entry for sendfile:
>
>   Not specified in POSIX.1-2001, or other standards.
>
>   Other UNIX systems implement sendfile() with different  semantics  and
>   prototypes. It should not be used in portable programs.
>
> Select PLATFORM_LINUX if enabling FEATURE_USE_SENDFILE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartekgola at gmail.com>
> ---
>  Config.in | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
> index 285fe0a..07b4bf3 100644
> --- a/Config.in
> +++ b/Config.in
> @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ config PAM
>  config FEATURE_USE_SENDFILE
>         bool "Use sendfile system call"
>         default y
> +       select PLATFORM_LINUX
>         help
>           When enabled, busybox will use the kernel sendfile() function
>           instead of read/write loops to copy data between file descriptors
> --
> 2.1.3
>
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