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Message-ID: <20080801072813.GK8254@pengutronix.de>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:28:13 +0200
From: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>,
Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
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>,
matthew@....cx, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:31:26PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > In the OSADL safety working group, people are discussing about Linux
> > for safety critical applications. If we want to achieve such
> > scenarios, stripped-down systems are an absolute must.
> >...
>
> My first reaction is that as soon as you enable CONFIG_EMBEDDED you
> can easily enter codepaths noone else has used for a while and that
> got unnoticed broken.
That may be no problem; if we ever come to a safety kernel, it will have
to be audited and carefully tested anyway.
rsc
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