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

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Message-ID: <3e8340490901012119i40971452q9f938702e58d7532@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:19:29 -0500
From:	"Bryan Donlan" <bdonlan@...il.com>
To:	"Ingo Brueckl" <ib@...peronline.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ingo Brueckl <ib@...peronline.de> wrote:
> Is there any reason why CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT is limited to EMBEDDED only?
>
> In my desktop pc is one specific cpu only, so I do not need support for the
> other processors. Unfortunately, I have no chance to disable the other ones.
>
> As it is already configurable, why not giving this option to everyone?

EMBEDDED is just a switch to enable configuration options related to
removing 'core' features of the kernel to save space. Think of it as a
safety to avoid accidentally turning off something important. Feel
free to switch on EMBEDDED if you want to use CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT
- just enabling EMBEDDED doesn't do anything by itself.
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