From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750869AbVL2TG1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:06:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750882AbVL2TG1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:06:27 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:28945 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750869AbVL2TG1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:06:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:06:25 +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: <20051229190625.GN3811@stusta.de> References: <20051228202735.GU3356@waste.org> <20051229043900.GD4872@stusta.de> <20051229184717.GY3356@waste.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20051229184717.GY3356@waste.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:47:18PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > 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. I'd expect people using the "enable only if you know what you are doing" EMBEDDED option to be able to figure out themselves how big a space saving is (and even more important whether they can actually live without the feature).  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