Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762756AbZC0ANc (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:13:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757056AbZC0ALW (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:22 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:55905 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756868AbZC0ALU (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:20 -0400 Message-ID: <49CC195A.8060100@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:10:02 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: akataria@vmware.com CC: "david@lang.hm" , Jaswinder Singh Rajput , Ingo Molnar , x86 maintainers , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: move vmware to hypervisor References: <1237281581.7907.2.camel@ht.satnam> <20090317093919.GD6477@elte.hu> <1237283318.7907.9.camel@ht.satnam> <49BFC6CB.9070603@zytor.com> <1237958994.5556.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090325125955.GB516@elte.hu> <1237999971.32497.12.camel@alok-dev1> <1238000840.2500.49.camel@ht.satnam> <1238001853.32497.22.camel@alok-dev1> <1238002693.2500.52.camel@ht.satnam> <1238005127.32497.38.camel@alok-dev1> <1238085621.21971.3.camel@alok-dev1> In-Reply-To: <1238085621.21971.3.camel@alok-dev1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 963 Lines: 26 Alok Kataria wrote: >>>> >>> So, if there are any tangible benefits with doing this I am ok with it, >>> but your current argument about "Freedom to user" doesn't sound too >>> compelling. >> isn't it the other way around? you are adding this in, it should be up to >> you to show that it >> >> A. has no impact >> >> B. has a small enough impact that it's not worth the config option > > This is what exactly I have mentioned in a mail earlier in this thread. > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/25/333 > It sounds to me like the kind of things that gets buried under CONFIG_EMBEDDED for the people who are absolutely paranoid (sometimes even for very good reasons) about every additional byte in the kernel. -hpa -- 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/