Messages in this thread | | | From | John Stultz <> | Date | Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:35:40 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable |
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, John Stultz wrote: > >> > diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig >> > index 62824f2fe4..62504a2c9f 100644 >> > --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig >> > +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig >> > @@ -195,3 +195,21 @@ config HIGH_RES_TIMERS >> > >> > endmenu >> > endif >> > + >> > +config POSIX_TIMERS >> > + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EMBEDDED >> > + default y >> > + help >> > + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel. >> > + Most embedded systems may have no use for them and therefore they >> > + can be configured out to reduce the size of the kernel image. >> > + >> > + When this option is disabled, the following syscalls won't be >> > + available: timer_create, timer_gettime: timer_getoverrun, >> > + timer_settime, timer_delete, clock_adjtime. Furthermore, the >> > + clock_settime, clock_gettime, clock_getres and clock_nanosleep >> > + syscalls will be limited to CLOCK_REALTIME and CLOCK_MONOTONIC >> > + only. >> > + >> > + If unsure say y. >> > >> >> One thought.. Should this go under: >> Configure standard kernel features (expert users) >> rather then a top level item under General Setup ? > > Hmmm... probably yes. > > Do you need that I repost the patch?
I can see about moving it..
thanks -john
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