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SubjectRe: strange CRASH_DUMP dependencies
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:

>> > - Is there any sane reason for the dependency on EMBEDDED?
>> >
>>
>> I believe this was introduced because large servers can have huge amount
>> of memory (running into Tera Bytes) and saving all that memory might not be
>> practical. Hence it was perceived that until some filtering mechanism is
>> implemented, it is more suited for small systems.
>>...
>
> It seems you have a wrong impression of what EMBEDDED in the kernel
> does.
>
> There is _not_ a choice EMBEDDED/WORKSTATION/SERVER.
>
> EMBEDDED is an option that shows "save space at any cost" options.
>
> It allows you to tell gcc to generate slower but faster code or to
> deselect options in the "do this only if you _really_ know what you are
> doing" class.

And at the moment that is where building a crashdump capture kernel falls.
"do this only if you really know what you are doing".

Eric

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