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-rw-r--r--include/linux/uts.h2
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/uts.h b/include/linux/uts.h
index 73eb1ed36ec..6ddbd86377d 100644
--- a/include/linux/uts.h
+++ b/include/linux/uts.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
#endif
#ifndef UTS_NODENAME
-#define UTS_NODENAME "(none)" /* set by sethostname() */
+#define UTS_NODENAME CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME /* set by sethostname() */
#endif
#ifndef UTS_DOMAINNAME
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ebafac4231e..e0a22e42d39 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ config KERNEL_LZO
endchoice
+config DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
+ string "Default hostname"
+ default "(none)"
+ help
+ This option determines the default system hostname before userspace
+ calls sethostname(2). The kernel traditionally uses "(none)" here,
+ but you may wish to use a different default here to make a minimal
+ system more usable with less configuration.
+
config SWAP
bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
depends on MMU && BLOCK