linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] RT: remove duplicate time/Kconfig

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:11:21 -0800
From:	Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] RT: remove duplicate time/Kconfig


On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 20:29 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Frank Rowand wrote:
> 
> >
> > time/Kconfig added by preempt-realtime-mips.patch duplicates other entry,
> > resulting in kernel make error:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/mips/Kconfig |    2 	0 +	2 -	0 !
> >  1 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6.24-rc7/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.24-rc7.orig/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > +++ linux-2.6.24-rc7/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > @@ -1001,8 +1001,6 @@ config BOOT_ELF64
> >
> >  menu "CPU selection"
> >
> > -source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
> > -
> >  choice
> >  	prompt "CPU type"
> >  	default CPU_R4X00
> 
> heh, This doesn't apply either. Or is this to be done before the patches
> are added?

Hmmm, I don't seem to be doing to well here.  It was created after the
-rt3 patch was applied.  Thanks for you patience with me here!!

> 
> Anyway, I did find the two konfig references:
> 
> ...
> 
>           This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
>           approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.  For best
>           performance should round up your number of processors to the next
>           power of two.
> 
> source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
> 
> #
> # Timer Interrupt Frequency Configuration
> #
> 
> ...
> 
> config GENERIC_TIME
>         bool
>         default y
> 
> source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
> 
> config CPU_SPEED
>         int "CPU speed used for clocksource/clockevent calculations"
>         default 600
> endmenu
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> I'll apply your patch in quilt and then make the proper change. Which
> Kconfig do you want gone?

It would be good to get rid of the first one, but I'm especially picky.


> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 


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