linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] x86: add non x86 build configuration

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Message-ID: <20081030202006.GA1255@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:20:06 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] x86: add non x86 build configuration

> 
> So please name it something like CONFIG_STANDARD_X86_FEATURES, and 
> also make it depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED (only allow it to be turned off 
> when EMBEDDED is enabled).

Any chance to introduce a CONFIG_EXPERT option?

CONFIG_EMBEDDED is supposed to be those features that may decrease performance
or functionality but lower the footprint.
And not all the crap it covers today.

	Sam
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