From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:06:18 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 03/14] RESEND: handle MMU configuration In-Reply-To: <87eipchjw9.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> References: <87skduj4ut.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <20091009115343.0fae0659@surf> <87r5tchkvv.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <20091009113902.GM2266@mx.loc> <87eipchjw9.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <20091009120618.GO2266@mx.loc> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 01:44:06PM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote: >>>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Reutner-Fischer writes: > >Hi, > > Thomas> What's the usage of these two new options ? > >> > >> Yes, I would like to know this as well. I would imagine properly > >> supporting nommu would take quite some more effort than this (E.G. most > >> packages should get hidden). > > Bernhard> why would you want to hide most of the package? > >Because they use fork or other nommu-nono's? On a nommu box you'd typically not install KDE or stuff like that. The typical package which will be used on nommu boxes should handle fork vs, vfork just fine. If a package does not then this package needs to be fixed and the fix sent upstream, obviously.