linux-kernel - Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors

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Message-ID: <11444.1230910752@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:39:12 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com>,
	Ingo Brueckl <ib@...peronline.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:40:16 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput said:

> If I know what is my CPU there is no point for supporting all related
> CPUs in my kernel.

EMBEDDED is for a large assortment of things, all of which are of the form:

General users won't want to change Y, but if I know I don't need Y, there is
no point in supporting Y in the kernel.

Y might be "this kernel doesn't need sysctl"
Y might be "support for hot-plug"
Y might be "printk"
Y might be "support generic CPUs"

See the pattern?

Yes, we probably could have come up with a better name than EMBEDDED for
that list of optionals.

CONFIG_TRAINED_TECHNICIANS_ONLY_NO_USER_SERVICABLE_PARTS_INSIDE maybe?

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