linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/4] Configure out AIO support

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Message-ID: <20080731101219.GC4221@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:12:19 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	michael@...e-electrons.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	bcrl@...ck.org, linux-aio@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] Configure out AIO support

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:09:29PM +0200, Bernhard Fischer wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:27:04AM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> >This patchs adds the CONFIG_AIO option which allows to remove support
> >for asynchronous I/O operations, that are not necessarly used by
> >applications, particularly on embedded devices. As this is a
> >size-reduction option, it depends on CONFIG_EMBEDDED. It allows to
> >save ~7 kilobytes of kernel code/data:
> 
> Shouldn't this also make sure not to install aio_abi.h or at least an
> empty aio_abi.h?

The userspace headers are independent of any kernel configuration
(except for the architecture).

cu
Adrian

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