linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [x86] rdc321x: Kconfig options fixes for rdc321x

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:06:04 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...ecomint.eu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [x86] rdc321x: Kconfig options fixes for rdc321x


* Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...ecomint.eu> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> Le mercredi 27 février 2008, Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> > these many special conditions in the Kconfig space are way too ugly.
> > (Also, i can see no reason why for example hibernation wouldnt be
> > possible on rdc321x, it's a pure software concept ...)
> 
> I would have thought an embedded device with only flash memory as rom 
> storage could not hibertnate.
> 
> Maybe we should turn all those special conditions into HAVE_FOO/BAR 
> instead ?

no. Just leave those things alone. Obviously, if you dont initiate 
hibernation it wont be done - and you dont have to build it in either. 
But there's no fundamental reason that it _couldnt_ work - if a suitable 
device was attached. Dont put such hardcoded dependencies into the 
kernel ...

	Ingo
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