linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/8] init: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG

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Date:	Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:29:37 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/8] init: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT

On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 20:02 -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
> The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option
> is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope
> than only small devices.

I think it was misnamed from the very beginning; it never really made
sense to call it 'EMBEDDED'. Too many people abuse the term 'embedded'.

> This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes
> references to the option in the same file.  Followup patches will fix the
> remainder of the occurrences in the tree.

Thanks for doing this.

Acked-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>

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David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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