Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759254AbZABSMV (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:12:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757532AbZABSMK (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:12:10 -0500 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:57676 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757435AbZABSMJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:12:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:13:45 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jaswinder Singh Rajput , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Bryan Donlan , Ingo Brueckl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Replace CONFIG_EMBEDDED [Was: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processor] Message-ID: <20090102181345.GB5905@uranus.ravnborg.org> 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> <20090102162120.GG1180@elte.hu> <3f9a31f40901020838v333a968dv937a717e031743eb@mail.gmail.com> <20090102173435.GE6759@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090102173435.GE6759@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 34 > It's a subjective category and no amount of talking will bring any > solution here. It is brought up now and then partly because the use of the term EMBEDDED that is so overloaded that it is not fun. Someone should kill it and replace it with something saner. CONFIG_EXPERT_TEXT_SIZE For stuff that the expert can toy with which mainly has text size impact and some documented performance/functionality impact. The possibility to select a subset of CPU's may belong here. CONFIG_EXPERT_DATA_SIZE Likewise where what we save is more data than TEXT. For example where we lower the size of a hash bucket etc. CONFIG_EXPERT For other stuff that no 'ordinary' user will need to change but the expert may find it usefull. Everything we hide under EMBEDDED today would fit in the categories above. Sam -- 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/