linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20080626102803.2a1a46cd@halley.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:28:03 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL from kdump

* Andrew Morton [2008-06-26 01:23]:
> >  
> >  config PROC_VMCORE
> >          bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> > -        depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
> > +        depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP
> >  	default y
> >          help
> >          Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
> 
> What about powerpc, sh and ia64?

At least for ia64 I wouldn't consider it as experimental. Don't know
about SH and PPC. But should we mark it as EXPERIMENTAL on all
platforms only because some "exotic" (at least SH) platforms have kdump
not very long implemented?



Bernhard
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Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
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