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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:37:39 -0700 From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com> To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> CC: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, michael@...e-electrons.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, matthew@....cx, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:32:20AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: >> If warnings or support avoidance for the general population using >> such config options is the issue, I think that David Woodhouse's >> suggestion that such things could taint the kernel is an interesting >> idea. Maybe have we could have an "unsafe-config" taint flag? > > A CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y flag? If this is sufficient, it works for me! > It's not only about limits, I also have a general dislike for the > "add more config options" approach. > > I get your point why it brings advantages in some cases, but if you are > looking for a cheerleader it won't be me. ;-) Understood. I promise not to send you any pom-poms. ;-) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America ============================= -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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