From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joakim Hernberg Subject: Re: [PATCH] make HWLAT_DETECTOR kernel config either disabled or a module, never builtin. Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:39:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20151213113935.59cfd847@balder.valhalla.alchemy.lu> References: <20150923193340.0881074b@tor.valhalla.alchemy.lu> <20151211165240.GG6720@linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Steven Rostedt , Uwe =?UTF-8?B?S2xlaW5lLUvDtm5pZw==?= , John Kacur To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Return-path: Received: from mailsafe.webbplatsen.se ([94.247.172.109]:65046 "EHLO mailsafe.webbplatsen.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751541AbbLMKjv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2015 05:39:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151211165240.GG6720@linutronix.de> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:52:40 +0100 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > * Joakim Hernberg | 2015-09-23 19:33:40 [+0200]: >=20 > >Since the HWLAT_DETECTOR driver supposedly shouldn't be builtin, but > >a module when used at all, it would make sense to limit the > >configuration choices: =20 >=20 > what is wrong with it beeing built-in? The default is m already. >=20 > >Signed-off-by: Joakim Hernberg > >Suggested-by: Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig = =20 >=20 > Sebastian I looked at the IRC logs from when this was discussed. The hwlatdetect script looks for the kernel module and will fail if it's built-in (or compressed). Also this quote from irc: I need to look at the code, but offhand, I think we said, it cannot be a built-in by d= esign These were the reasons for the patch. --=20 Joakim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-user= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html