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SubjectRe: [IDEA] Developers: your opinion badly needed ! (Was: [PATCH] /proc/config.gz)
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es> writes:

Peter> "A month of sundays ago Jes Sorensen wrote:"
>>
Peter> This patch works, and uses less than 1K of memory, and it's
Peter> simple. End of argument.
>> Does it simply compress the .config and then include it in the
>> kernel? If so its bloat and a waste of space - end of argument.

Peter> Please explain your reasoning. I don't understand the "if so"
Peter> here!

Because putting this informations inside the kernel is not necessary
as it can be solved by keeping the file in user space and using
filenames that match the kernel, .config and System.map.

>> No the question is really whether it is actually worth keeping the
>> config information within the kernel.

Peter> It's maybe worth discussing. But if you have a way to keep this
Peter> extra 1KB out of the kernel that won't take a year of
Peter> programming and introduce a mountain of unexpected side effects
Peter> and undiscovered bugs, I'm all ears. Until then I'll take the
Peter> 1KB hit and thank you very much. It's worth 100s of megabytes
Peter> of memory to me in saved effort.

Maybe to you, but then we once again run into the `I don't mind
wasting a bit of memory on this because it saves me two minuttes of
work' patches. We see too much of this and it ends up bloating the
kernel for no reason and often people stop maintaining their code
after a short while.

Jes

PS: Would you mind telling me why this went to me privately first and
then the reply to my reply went back to linux-kernel? Either keep it
in private mail or keep it on the list!

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