From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: untangle EXPERT and EMBEDDED Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:13:52 -0500 Message-ID: <20120118221351.GB19758@redhat.com> References: <1326295008-29795-1-git-send-email-drjones@redhat.com> <20120118122830.037f1e29.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1326923285.9412.21.camel@x61.thuisdomein> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:23610 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753372Ab2ARWQO (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:16:14 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1326923285.9412.21.camel@x61.thuisdomein> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Paul Bolle Cc: Andrew Morton , Andrew Jones , rientjes@google.com, mingo@elte.hu, david.woodhouse@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de, davem@davemloft.net, axboe@kernel.dk, arnd@arndb.de, holt@sgi.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, hskinnemoen@gmail.com, egtvedt@samfundet.no, msalter@redhat.com, a-jacquiot@ti.com, starvik@axis.com, jesper nilsson , dhowells@redhat.com, takata@linux-m32r.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, yasutake koichi , jonas@southpole.se, kyle@mcmartin.ca, deller@gmx.de, jejb@parisc-linux.org, chris@zankel.net, greg@kroah.com, airlied@linux.ie, jkosina@suse.cz, mchehab@infradead.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, linville@tuxdriver.com On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:48:05PM +0100, Paul Bolle wrote: > The kernel configuration used for the kernels currently shipped with > Fedora 16 and Debian 6.0.3 (ie, stable or squeeze), which are the > configurations I can examine here, have CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL set. Perhaps > Debian and Fedora need that option for a few odd features. In some cases. In others, not so odd. Here's a list of everything that would go away if we disabled CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in our builds.. http://fpaste.org/Ibbw/ Dave