Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756844AbZABF7X (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:59:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750979AbZABF7O (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:59:14 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.228]:38613 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750869AbZABF7O (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:59:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=OKKSN309eOrgKj7nDUmb8HoXuPSv35Ibt/8DAlyp1ExqwQNMnI+V3mHq38OjdmMw3H DlfOKOFDV98p/MNs7txvrIgdcP33DPHlIurnnpXT3NVxqtuaOlp3AynO83tJnIA3pW9p yI6EuEARQA7zWZR42BRuzVMLbmV1td8ucXQ1k= Message-ID: <3f9a31f40901012159l255b95a8he41a341f36ebc54e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:29:12 +0530 From: "Jaswinder Singh Rajput" To: "Bryan Donlan" Subject: Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors Cc: "Ingo Brueckl" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" In-Reply-To: <3e8340490901012119i40971452q9f938702e58d7532@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <495d2974@wupperonline.de> <3e8340490901012119i40971452q9f938702e58d7532@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1248 Lines: 26 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bryan Donlan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ingo Brueckl wrote: >> Is there any reason why CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT is limited to EMBEDDED only? >> >> In my desktop pc is one specific cpu only, so I do not need support for the >> other processors. Unfortunately, I have no chance to disable the other ones. >> >> As it is already configurable, why not giving this option to everyone? > > EMBEDDED is just a switch to enable configuration options related to > removing 'core' features of the kernel to save space. Think of it as a > safety to avoid accidentally turning off something important. Feel > free to switch on EMBEDDED if you want to use CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT > - just enabling EMBEDDED doesn't do anything by itself. I think EMBEDDED is a misnomer for using CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT and should be used for more specific to Embedded stuff like for Embedded range of CPUs or Embedded Systems. Thank you, JSR. -- 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/