Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758364AbZABQYR (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:24:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757035AbZABQYH (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:24:07 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:40542 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751839AbZABQYE (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:24:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:23:57 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Jaswinder Singh Rajput , Bryan Donlan , Ingo Brueckl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors Message-ID: <20090102162357.GH1180@elte.hu> References: <495d2974@wupperonline.de> <3e8340490901012119i40971452q9f938702e58d7532@mail.gmail.com> <3f9a31f40901012159l255b95a8he41a341f36ebc54e@mail.gmail.com> <20090102093801.GD1975@elte.hu> <3f9a31f40901020710h508bbfbch3d7ccd6f4898ea03@mail.gmail.com> <11444.1230910752@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <3f9a31f40901020813t136ad2ceif1092f312866a0ce@mail.gmail.com> <13903.1230913212@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13903.1230913212@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> 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 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 26 * Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:43:03 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput said: > > > Let me know why should I choose EMBEDDED option ? I know I am not > > using Embbeded machine and I do not need embbeded features on my > > machine. If I am willing to go North why should I go South first ? > > EMBEDDED is a bad name for the option. It *started* as "only those > maniac who need to trim their kernel WAY down should select this", and > ended up as "stuff that 95% of users shouldn't change, but you can if > you know what you're doing". i think both activities fit the generic 'embedded/specialized kernel' term quite well, so i dont think there's a big naming problem. There's maybe a documentation problem - the help text could be improved some more to signal that certain specialized config options are only available under CONFIG_EMBEDDED. 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/