linux-kernel - Re: problem in 2.6.21-rc6-mm1: i386-enable-4k-stacks-by-default.patch?

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Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:10:00 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problem in 2.6.21-rc6-mm1: i386-enable-4k-stacks-by-default.patch?

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:34:11PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~i386-enable-4k-stacks-by-default
> +++ a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -57,14 +57,16 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
>  	  If in doubt, say "N".
>  
>  config 4KSTACKS
> -	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
> -	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" if DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	depends on n
> +	default y
> 
> 
> I don't see this option appear in my .config, and I guess its always
> using 8k stacks.  If I remove the "depends on n", it does what I expect
> it to do (ie, offers me the option).  Is "depends on n" supposed to do
> something, or is it just a bogon?

Looks bogus, and the "depends on n" wasn't in the patch when I sent it.

>     J

cu
Adrian

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