linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:55:46 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com>,
	Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	OpenSUSE Kernel Team <opensuse-kernel@...nsuse.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:50:25PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:

 > But just removing all the certainly unused macros probably wouldn't have
 > made a noticeable difference to anyone using those defconfig files
 > anyway.

My point is that I don't think there's many people actually using them.
(maybe more on the niche platforms, but x86[64] ? I'm sceptical they're used at all)

	Dave
 
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