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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:19:42 -0700
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
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To: Christopher Hoover <ch@murgatroid.com>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68 FUTEX support should be optional
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Christopher Hoover wrote:

> +config FUTEX
> +       bool "Futex support"
> +       depends on MMU
> +       default y
> +       ---help---
> +       Say Y if you want support for Fast Userspace Mutexes (Futexes).
> +
> +endmenu

If this is what is wanted (and I don't really think it's useful is a MMU
is available) you should explain the consequences in the help text.
Basically, no current and future glibc version has the slightest chance
of working.

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