linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

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Message-ID: <20160915210724.GB4245@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:07:24 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:58:22PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> This doesn't look too bad.

I disagree.  It looks ugly.  If tinification means sprinkling more and
more of these conditionals all over the place, then it is going to be
a tough sell.

> Richard: Your thoughts?

We decided to have MAC drivers select PTP for a reason.  It is a
feature that people generally want to have.  If those drivers bring in
22 KB timer support, then too bad.  As I said before, timers are the
last thing I would remove.

Maybe there is a way to make this work in Kconfig land without messing
with the code?

Thanks,
Richard