linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -repost 05/21] kgr: update Kconfig documentation

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:47:45 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jirislaby@...il.com,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>, Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>,
	Udo Seidel <udoseidel@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -repost 05/21] kgr: update Kconfig documentation

On Fri, 4 Jul 2014, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > Hi, why do you believe so? But it is not so important, see below.
> 
> Because it is quite hard to prepare the patch, and there's not really
> enough documentation..? And given choice between "spend half an hour
> preparing patch" and "just reboot", people compiling their own kernels
> know what to do...

I fail to see how "having the skills to compile my own kernel" and "being 
responsible for a datacenter that can't afford immediate reboot of all 
nodes" are connected in any way.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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