Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755245AbYJKI3Z (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:29:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752492AbYJKI26 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:28:58 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:55909 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751503AbYJKI2z (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:28:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:28:45 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andrew Morton Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [git pull] fastboot tree for v2.6.28 Message-ID: <20081011082845.GA28715@elte.hu> References: <20081010003241.GA23940@elte.hu> <20081010154929.6ec201fe@infradead.org> <20081011064712.GA25451@elte.hu> <20081011004840.5ad62ce0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081011004840.5ad62ce0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.0 DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE RBL: Envelope sender in blackholes.securitysage.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1453 Lines: 37 * Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:47:12 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > When i saw your patches then initially my impression was "oh my, > > this will break a ton of stuff", so i asked you to: make it > > default-off (against Andrew's suggestion to just remove the config > > and make it a compulsory feature) > > hm, that must have been the other Andrew. on 14th August you wrote: || Making it a config options seems a bad idea - it'll split our || testing/debugging space yet again. If this stuff works, then || everyone should be able to use it. If it doesn't work, well.... this i understood as: "if we take this stuff then it should be always-on". [You didnt say whether we should take it though.] > A feature like this I think should not have a config option but should > be enabled by a boot option. > > We can waffle about the default setting of that option. Maybe turn it > on for a few weeks and see what happens. a config option is definitely useful for users and distros. Having the boot option is a good idea. Arjan, i thought we had a fastboot=0/1 boot option but i cannot find it - could you please add it? Ingo -- 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/