From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vladimir Murzin Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] ARM: configs: add MPS2 defconfig Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:14:14 +0000 Message-ID: <56C33CC6.4030509@arm.com> References: <1455617295-23736-1-git-send-email-vladimir.murzin@arm.com> <2680417.bULLX3O66Y@wuerfel> <56C3378F.2010008@arm.com> <11778979.HbWgmZUCnF@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <11778979.HbWgmZUCnF@wuerfel> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, pawel.moll@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, daniel.lezcano@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, andy.shevchenko@gmail.com, galak@codeaurora.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, jslaby@suse.cz List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On 16/02/16 15:08, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 14:51:59 Vladimir Murzin wrote: >>> >>> Why CONFIG_EMBEDDED? You probably mean CONFIG_EXPERT, but then what do >>> you need that for? >> >> TBH, I have no special requirement for this option to be set and now, >> looking at Kconfig entry for this option, I think that I got it here >> because I stated configuration with allnoconfig. >> >> OTOH, I don't see how harmful it can be since description says: >> >> This option should be enabled if compiling the kernel for >> an embedded system so certain expert options are available >> for configuration >> >> yes, it selects CONFIG_EXPERT and that had side effect that, for >> example, CONFIG_NAMESPACE could be compiled out. >> >> Have I missed something around it? > > Just the history behind this symbol. We removed it a while ago in > favor if CONFIG_EXPERT, assuming that it makes it clearer that it's > not just for embedded systems, or for systems with small memory. > > It's basically a zombie symbol that nobody should use directly > (independent of what the documentation says...). Good to know! I'll drop it then. Thanks Vladimir > > Arnd > > >