linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE

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Message-ID: <87r5ytl0nn.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 May 2009 13:09:32 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Minchan@...stfloor.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU move into EMBEDDED submenu

KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> writes:

> Subject: [PATCH] Kconfig: CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU move into EMBEDDED submenu
>
> Almost people always turn on CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU. this configuration is
> used only embedded people.
> Thus, moving it into embedded submenu is better.

Is there are any reason it cannot be just made unconditional unless 
CONFIG_MMU is disabled. It was never clear to me why this was a config
option at all.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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