Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:31:41 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Ajust lockdep static allocations for sparc |
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 02:26:47PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:52:04PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> Not because of platforms with not limited memory, but because of platforms > >> with boot loaders that have silly kernel size limitations, and start > >> scribbling over the DTB or even theirselves when copying a large kernel image. > > > > Right, that's the weird platforms clause above, and those can select the > > option. > > Their Kconfig files can select it. The users can't. > What about making it visible depending on EXPERT?
Not understanding, why would a user ever need it? The platform knows if its has funny boot image size limits, no?
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