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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-tiny@selenic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:39:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051229043900.GD4872@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051228202735.GU3356@waste.org>

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:27:35PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
>...
> +config VM86
> +	depends X86
> +	default y
> +	bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
> +	help
> +          This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
> +	  code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
> +          XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
> +          option saves about 6k.
>...

I don't like such space statements ("about 6k") in help texts, since 
history has shown that noone updates them when the actual size 
changes...

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed


  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-12-29  4:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-28 20:27 [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional Matt Mackall
2005-12-28 20:35 ` Roland Dreier
2005-12-29  4:39 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2005-12-29 18:47   ` Matt Mackall
2005-12-29 19:06     ` Adrian Bunk

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