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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:29:12 +0530 From: "Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinderlinux@...il.com> To: "Bryan Donlan" <bdonlan@...il.com> Cc: "Ingo Brueckl" <ib@...peronline.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu> Subject: Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com> wrote: > 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. I think EMBEDDED is a misnomer for using CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT and should be used for more specific to Embedded stuff like for Embedded range of CPUs or Embedded Systems. Thank you, JSR. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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