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From: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org,
	michael@free-electrons.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
	matthew@wil.cx, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:28:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080801072813.GK8254@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080731193126.GB23516@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:31:26PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > In the OSADL safety working group, people are discussing about Linux
> > for safety critical applications. If we want to achieve such
> > scenarios, stripped-down systems are an absolute must.
> >...
>
> My first reaction is that as soon as you enable CONFIG_EMBEDDED you
> can easily enter codepaths noone else has used for a while and that
> got unnoticed broken.

That may be no problem; if we ever come to a safety kernel, it will have
to be audited and carefully tested anyway.

rsc
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  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-01  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-31  9:27 [patch 0/4] [resend] Add configuration options to disable features not needed on embedded devices Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31  9:27 ` [patch 1/4] Configure out AIO support Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31 10:09   ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-07-31 10:12     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 22:42       ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-08-05 18:15         ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-05 18:26           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-05 18:36             ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-07-31  9:27 ` [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31 13:53   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 14:20     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31 15:37       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 16:26         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31 16:49           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 16:57             ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 17:32             ` Tim Bird
2008-07-31 18:12               ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-31 19:31                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-01  7:28                   ` Robert Schwebel [this message]
2008-07-31 19:16               ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 20:37                 ` Tim Bird
2008-08-02 16:38   ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-08-04 13:52     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-08-04 18:16       ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-08-04 18:24         ` Tim Bird
2008-08-04 18:25           ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-08-04 18:54             ` Matt Mackall
2008-08-04 19:42               ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-08-04 22:32             ` Tim Bird
2008-08-06 13:12         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-08-07 22:55           ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-07-31  9:27 ` [patch 3/4] Configure out ethtool support Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31 10:40   ` Ben Hutchings
2008-07-31 10:49     ` David Miller
2008-07-31 10:54       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 10:57         ` David Miller
2008-07-31 10:42   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 10:51     ` David Miller
2008-07-31 11:29       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 11:33         ` David Miller
2008-07-31 11:46           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 11:50             ` David Miller
2008-07-31 15:58             ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-31 16:35               ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31  9:27 ` [patch 4/4] Configure out IGMP support Thomas Petazzoni
2008-08-01 19:41   ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-04 12:48     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-08-04 12:53       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-04 13:53       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31  9:40 ` [patch 0/4] [resend] Add configuration options to disable features not needed on embedded devices David Miller
2008-07-31  9:51   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31  9:55     ` David Miller
2008-07-31  9:59       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 10:02         ` David Miller
2008-07-31 10:15           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 10:25             ` David Miller
2008-07-31 17:59               ` Tim Bird
2008-07-31 18:50                 ` [patch 0/4] [resend] Add configuration options to disable features Ulrich Teichert
2008-07-31 19:46                   ` Josh Boyer
2008-07-31 19:55                     ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-01  7:17                     ` Robert Schwebel
2008-08-01 19:15                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-01 19:47                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-31 16:42       ` [patch 0/4] [resend] Add configuration options to disable features not needed on embedded devices Tim Bird
2008-07-31 17:20         ` Tim Bird
     [not found] <20080729154520.728594017@free-electrons.com>
     [not found] ` <20080729154747.872888047@free-electrons.com>
2008-07-29 18:17   ` [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features Matthew Wilcox
2008-07-29 18:57     ` Matt Mackall
2008-07-29 20:00       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-07-30 14:27     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-30 15:40       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2008-07-31  6:27         ` Uwe Kleine-König

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