linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Relegate CONFIG

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Message-ID: <4AD2138B.1040003@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:19:07 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
CC:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...uxtronix.de,
	hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Relegate CONFIG_PAT to EMBEDDED

On 10/11/2009 11:04 AM, Roland Dreier wrote:
> Makes sense, but given that X86_PAT depends on MTRR
>
>   config X86_PAT
>   	bool
> -	prompt "x86 PAT support"
> +	default y
> +	prompt "x86 PAT support" if EMBEDDED
>   	depends on MTRR
>
> should we give the same treatment to the MTRR option too?  (As far as I
> can tell, MTRR defaults to n in the current Kconfig too)

I think so, you'd have to be fairly insane to want to disable MTRR support..
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