Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 05:33:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 05:32:07 -0500 Received: from gold.MUSKOKA.COM ([216.123.107.5]:21779 "EHLO gold.muskoka.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 05:31:40 -0500 Message-ID: <3C7F2B4D.71CD3C3B@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 02:18:37 -0500 From: Paul Gortmaker X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.20 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] bluesmoke/MCE support optional In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > Is the MCE code big enough to justify this ? Last time I checked it was > 1800 bytes 1000 of which were __init Granted it isn't a huge monster (yet; size below) so use your own judgement; I won't be upset either way. I should note that a well respected developer recently stated (on l-k) the following about making things unconditional: There are those of us trying to stuff Linux into embedded devices who if anything want more configuration options not people taking stuff out. :-) Same person went on to suggest: What I'd much rather see if this is an issue is: bool 'Do you want to customise for a very small system' which auto enables all the random small stuff if you say no, and goes much deeper into options if you say yes. ...an idea I like, but probably not appropriate for 2.4 - so perhaps I'll work on a CONFIG_TINY for 2.5 if it is generally accepted as an ok plan. Paul. -- bluesmoke.o: Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off Algn 0 .text 000001cb 00000000 00000000 00000040 2**4 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE 1 .data 00000004 00000000 00000000 0000020c 2**2 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, DATA 2 .bss 00000008 00000000 00000000 00000210 2**2 ALLOC 3 .note 00000014 00000000 00000000 00000210 2**0 CONTENTS, READONLY 4 .data.init 0000000e 00000000 00000000 00000224 2**2 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA 5 .rodata 000002d7 00000000 00000000 00000240 2**5 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, DATA 6 .text.init 000001cd 00000000 00000000 00000520 2**4 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE 7 .setup.init 00000010 00000000 00000000 000006f0 2**2 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, DATA 8 .comment 00000026 00000000 00000000 00000700 2**0 CONTENTS, READONLY - 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/