linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] posix-timers: make it configurable

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Message-ID: <20161020140213.GB2238@netboy>
Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:02:13 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] posix-timers: make it configurable

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 07:42:53PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> +config POSIX_TIMERS
> +	bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel.
> +	  Most embedded systems may have no use for them and therefore they

This sentence doesn't make sense.  How about:

	  Some embedded systems have no use for them ...

> +	  can be configured out to reduce the size of the kernel image.

Thanks,
Richard