Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261269AbTENTxH (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:53:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261279AbTENTxH (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:53:07 -0400 Received: from pao-ex01.pao.digeo.com ([12.47.58.20]:17030 "EHLO pao-ex01.pao.digeo.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261269AbTENTxG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:53:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 13:01:20 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Linus Torvalds Cc: drepper@redhat.com, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, ch@murgatroid.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68 FUTEX support should be optional Message-Id: <20030514130120.7b6371dc.akpm@digeo.com> In-Reply-To: References: <3EC29CB2.4030707@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 May 2003 20:05:50.0066 (UTC) FILETIME=[371BF520:01C31A54] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 15 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I don't see the point in dropping futexes except perhaps in a very > controlled embedded environment, but if that is the case, then a PC config > should just force it to "y" and not even ask the user. How about we place these things under an additional CONFIG_TINY menu with big fat warnings on it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/