Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:34:11 +0100 | From | Herbert Poetzl <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool |
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:28:32PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 12:33:55PM +0900, Samuel Masham wrote: > > > Hi Adrian, > > Hi Samuel, > > > > And I've already given numbers why CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y and > > > CONFIG_MODULES=y at the same time is insane. > > > > >From your numbers this sounds true ... but actually you might want the > > modules to delay the init of the various hardware bits... > > > > Sometime boot-time is king and you just try and get back as much of > > the size costs as it takes... > > this is irrelevant since CONFIG_INPUT alone does not init any hardware. > > > I think for EMBEDDED and MODULES is actually a very common case ... if > > somewhat odd. > > You are misunderstanding EMBEDDED.
well, I suggested the following (or a similar) change some time ago (unfortunately I could not find it in the lkml archives, so it might have been lost)
http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/embedded_to_expert.txt
best, Herbert
> It does _not_ mean "this is an embedded device". > It does mean "offer additional options for additional space savings". > > For an embedded system with relaxed space limits, EMBEDDED=n is the > right choice. > > > Samuel > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > > - > 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/ - 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/
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