Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | | Subject | Re: How to check the kernel compile options ? | | Date | Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:22:22 +0100 |
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On February 8, 2002 09:53 pm, Horst von Brand wrote: > Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net> said: > > On February 7, 2002 10:41 pm, Mike Touloumtzis wrote: > > > Adding configuration information to the kernel is a change to the status > > > quo, and has a cost. The cost is small, but I'm unsympathetic to that > > > argument because many small convenience features, each with a small cost, > > > add up to a large cost. > > > > The cost is *zero* if you don't enable the option, is this concept difficult > > for you? > > It isn't zero: Somebody has to add the support, check/fix interactions with > other features, write documentation, keep the support and its documentation > up to date when stuff in the kernel changes, userland (and user) has to be > prepared (and checked that it works if the feature is present, and find > workarounds if it isn't), ... > > It might be a small cost, but N * small gets big _very_ fast, and the value > is marginal at best in this case. There are many other such "small cost > features" with equally small value results that haven't been included. One > of the big reasons why I like Linux, BTW.
Non sequitur. You are talking about a completely different cost than he was.
But I'll bite: if a volunteer wishes to contribute the needed work, and the feature impacts no systems outside itself, then you have no argument.
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