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

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Message-ID: <13903.1230913212@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:20:12 -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 21:43:03 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput said:

> Let me know why should I choose EMBEDDED option ? I know I am not
> using Embbeded machine and I do not need embbeded features on my
> machine. If I am willing to go North why should I go South first ?

EMBEDDED is a bad name for the option.  It *started* as "only those
maniac who need to trim their kernel WAY down should select this", and
ended up as "stuff that 95% of users shouldn't change, but you can if you
know what you're doing".

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