From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Bird Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:37:39 -0700 Message-ID: <48922293.9020007@am.sony.com> References: <20080731092703.661994657@free-electrons.com> <20080731093220.969460336@free-electrons.com> <20080731135319.GA20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080731162007.285938e0@surf> <20080731153757.GB20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080731182616.4c20f0db@surf> <20080731164918.GE20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <4891F724.3030406@am.sony.com> <20080731191650.GA23516@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080731191650.GA23516@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, michael@free-electrons.com, Matt Mackall , matthew@wil.cx, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:32:20AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: >> If warnings or support avoidance for the general population using >> such config options is the issue, I think that David Woodhouse's >> suggestion that such things could taint the kernel is an interesting >> idea. Maybe have we could have an "unsafe-config" taint flag? > > A CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y flag? If this is sufficient, it works for me! > It's not only about limits, I also have a general dislike for the > "add more config options" approach. > > I get your point why it brings advantages in some cases, but if you are > looking for a cheerleader it won't be me. ;-) Understood. I promise not to send you any pom-poms. ;-) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================