Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:29:12 +0530 | From | "Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <> | Subject | Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors |
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ingo Brueckl <ib@wupperonline.de> wrote: >> Is there any reason why CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT is limited to EMBEDDED only? >> >> In my desktop pc is one specific cpu only, so I do not need support for the >> other processors. Unfortunately, I have no chance to disable the other ones. >> >> As it is already configurable, why not giving this option to everyone? > > EMBEDDED is just a switch to enable configuration options related to > removing 'core' features of the kernel to save space. Think of it as a > safety to avoid accidentally turning off something important. Feel > free to switch on EMBEDDED if you want to use CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT > - just enabling EMBEDDED doesn't do anything by itself.
I think EMBEDDED is a misnomer for using CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT and should be used for more specific to Embedded stuff like for Embedded range of CPUs or Embedded Systems.
Thank you, JSR.
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