Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:08:03 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: allow ZONE_DMA to be configurable |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > I'm not running a CONFIG_EMBEDDED kernel and I'm pretty sure Casey isn't > > either, so we'd still need to carry our own patches to change the Kconfig > > bool line anyway. > > > > I'm suprised that we can't allow users who definitively know that they > > have no hardware limitations the ability to disable ZONE_DMA. Would a > > strong caution in the Kconfig "help" text suffice or will you not be > > convinced? > > CONFIG_EMBEDDED *is* "I am a user who (think I) know what I'm doing". > That is *what it is* and *all it is*. >
Ok, I'll follow Ingo's suggestion of renaming this to CONFIG_EXPERT and then prepare a patchset that allows users to disable CONFIG_ZONE_DMA, CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA, and CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API on x86.
Thanks!
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