From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for May 20 (amd64_edac) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:17:54 +0200 Message-ID: <20090520171754.GB29913@aftab> References: <20090520170807.b75a9d86.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4A142CC9.4050904@oracle.com> <20090520164112.GA29913@aftab> <4A14352C.5020508@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from va3ehsobe003.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.13]:27418 "EHLO VA3EHSOBE003.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754209AbZETRSC convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2009 13:18:02 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A14352C.5020508@oracle.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML , dougthompson@xmission.com Hi, On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 09:51:56AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: [..] > Distros don't use defaults or defconfig anyway, and having them > enabled bloats kernels. I'm sure that Linus has also expressed > opinions about enabling options in this way, but I can't find it > just now. This is one of those situations where you have the pros and the cons staring at you. For what is worth, I myself have sent several patches removing Kconfig options defaulting to m for hardware which is not even present on a two-digit percentage of machines. I was told then, that it is defaulting to m so that the code sees some more compiles on differen= t hardware but we end up automating stuff to turn them off in the .config and the whole thing doesn't serve its purpose in the end anyway. Besides, those who enable EDAC should probably know what they need to turn on, in addition to that. Also, the bloating part is not good(tm). So off it is... --=20 Regards/Gruss, Boris. Operating | Advanced Micro Devices GmbH System | Karl-Hammerschmidt-Str. 34, 85609 Dornach b. M=FCnchen, Ger= many Research | Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Thomas M. McCoy, Giuliano Meroni Center | Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis M=FCnchen (OSRC) | Registergericht M=FCnchen, HRB Nr. 43632