Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934797AbXEHJWq (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 05:22:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934617AbXEHJWq (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 05:22:46 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:51685 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934616AbXEHJWp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 05:22:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 11:21:44 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Robert P. J. Day" cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Create a top-level "Space-critical features" menu. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1178612519.3042.294.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 764 Lines: 25 On May 8 2007 04:41, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in my opinion, the config option "EMBEDDED" is just plain silly. as >i mentioned earlier, there may be other reasons that people want to >de-activate normally selected features rather than just for strictly >embedded systems. Did not you want to make a patch row that expresses all your ideas, aka CONFIG_EXPERT CONFIG_ASKFORDETAILS (former CONFIG_EMBEDDED, e.g. "place in memory where kernel is loaded") CONFIG_OBSOLETE CONFIG_DEPRECATED etc.? :) Jan -- - 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/