linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-git Kconfig regression

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Message-Id: <200801170032.54788.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:32:54 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	"Roman Zippel" <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"lkml" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-git Kconfig regression

On Thursday 17 January 2008, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >This stuff isn't for "distro" kernels; it's for embedded
> >environments of the "only this hardware exists" sort.
> >Space matters, and having small code matters.  Nobody has
> >been interested enough in an "embedded distro" model to
> >provide patches enabling such stuff.
> 
> Why not make the whole thing depend on EMBEDDED then?

Because while its design center is small systems, there's
actually no technical dependency there.  The Kconfig for
EMBEDDED also says it's for disabling or tweaking standard
settings ... ergo, not *adding* subsystems or drivers.

Oddly enough, most things that work on small systems can
also be used on bigger ones.  :)

- Dave
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