From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965021AbVL2EjE (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:39:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965019AbVL2EjE (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:39:04 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:15373 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965018AbVL2EjB (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:39:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:39:00 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Matt Mackall Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel , linux-tiny@selenic.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional Message-ID: <20051229043900.GD4872@stusta.de> References: <20051228202735.GU3356@waste.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051228202735.GU3356@waste.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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