linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add /sys/firmware/memmap

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Message-ID: <4863EB73.8070404@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:18:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
CC:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	yhlu.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add /sys/firmware/memmap

Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>>
>> Making this depend on KEXEC would be most unfortunate.  This is valuable  
>> information for finding all kinds of issues even in the absence of KEXEC.
>>
> 
> Agreed.
> 
>> I really don't see a point in making this configurable, except perhaps  
>> under CONFIG_EMBEDDED.
> 
> I think we should just not put this functionality under any CONFIG option.
> If we put it under CONFIG_EMBEDDED,  then even for using kexec, one
> shall have to turn CONFIG_EMBEDDED on which probably does not make much
> sense.
> 

Well, it should be *enabled* for !EMBEDDED.

	-hpa
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