From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750835AbVL2SvN (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:51:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750836AbVL2SvN (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:51:13 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([64.81.244.121]:56793 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750835AbVL2SvN (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:51:13 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:47:18 -0600 From: Matt Mackall To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel , linux-tiny@selenic.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional Message-ID: <20051229184717.GY3356@waste.org> References: <20051228202735.GU3356@waste.org> <20051229043900.GD4872@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051229043900.GD4872@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:39:00AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 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... What would you prefer? It's important to give a relative size vs functionality savings so people can decide whether they want a feature and simply saying a little/a lot is insufficient. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.