Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751080AbWBVMPq (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:15:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751223AbWBVMPq (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:15:46 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:57358 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751080AbWBVMPp (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:15:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:15:42 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Samuel Masham , Jan Engelhardt , Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool Message-ID: <20060222121542.GE4661@stusta.de> References: <20060214182238.GB3513@stusta.de> <20060217163802.GI4422@stusta.de> <93564eb70602191933x2a20ce0m@mail.gmail.com> <20060220132832.GF4971@stusta.de> <20060222013410.GH20204@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20060222023121.GB4661@stusta.de> <20060222024438.GI20204@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20060222031001.GC4661@stusta.de> <20060222120121.GA5650@MAIL.13thfloor.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060222120121.GA5650@MAIL.13thfloor.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1688 Lines: 48 On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 01:01:21PM +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:10:01AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > Except for the X86_P4_CLOCKMOD case, all of your examples are correct > > usages of EMBEDDED. > > ahem, well, then I'm definitely doing something > wrong when I disable the VGA console on my 2GB > servers, as "there's no reason to enable EMBEDDED > when building a kernel for systems with > 50 MB RAM" > > sorry, I kind of disagree here, this might be useful > for embedded systems, but it is definitely useful > for other systems as well ... at least I do not like > the 'assumption' that every system with >50MB has > to have a VGA console ... > > I agree that the 0815 distro will not need this and > it can be hidden behind some option ... It's not assumed that every system with > 50 MB has a VGA console. These are options where accidentially disabling only causes problems for the majority of users. You can enable EMBEDDED on your 2 GB servers if you really want to save a few bytes in the kernel, but OTOH I doubt there is much practival value in reducing the kernel for a system with 2 GB RAM by a few kB. > best, > Herbert >... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/