linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors

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Date:	Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:35:04 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael-lists@...e-electrons.com>
CC:	Simon Holm Thøgersen <odie@...aau.dk>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux-tiny@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some	processors

Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Thanks for this report. Don't you think it's still useful to save up to
> 12 K of code that you don't use if you just have an Intel processor (for
> example)?

For 12K it better be a very clean patch... which I don't consider this 
patch to be; it has way too many #ifdefs in the code.

	-hpa
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