Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:06:25 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional |
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:47:18PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:39:00AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:27:35PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > >... > > > +config VM86 > > > + depends X86 > > > + default y > > > + bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED > > > + help > > > + This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy > > > + code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like > > > + XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this > > > + option saves about 6k. > > >... > > > > I don't like such space statements ("about 6k") in help texts, since > > history has shown that noone updates them when the actual size > > changes... > > What would you prefer? It's important to give a relative size vs > functionality savings so people can decide whether they want a feature > and simply saying a little/a lot is insufficient.
I'd expect people using the "enable only if you know what you are doing" EMBEDDED option to be able to figure out themselves how big a space saving is (and even more important whether they can actually live without the feature).
cu Adrian
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