From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756060AbXISXCE (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:02:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759325AbXISXBo (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:01:44 -0400 Received: from free-electrons.com ([88.191.23.47]:40212 "EHLO sd-2511.dedibox.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759267AbXISXBn (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:01:43 -0400 Message-ID: <46F1A2C9.4070506@free-electrons.com> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:29:29 +0200 From: Michael Opdenacker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Bird CC: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Andi Kleen , linux kernel , linux-tiny , CE Linux Developers List , john cooper , Matt Mackall Subject: Re: [Announce] Linux-tiny project revival References: <46F1645D.9050406@am.sony.com> <46F17B54.6070106@am.sony.com> <12631.1190234722@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <46F194D5.9050800@am.sony.com> In-Reply-To: <46F194D5.9050800@am.sony.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tim Bird wrote: > Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > >> Is anybody working on testing that the patchkit "does no harm" for bigger >> boxes (laptops, desktops, servers)? >> > Not to my knowledge. Most of the things it provides are > only activated by config options. So my sense is that just > applying the patches should be harmless. But we'll need some > runtime testing to see what affect some of these have on > big iron. > Tim is right, Linux-Tiny features are only activated by configuration options. However, that doesn't prevent us from proposing size reduction changes impacting all kernel users, in cases a configuration option doesn't make sense. Extensive testing in the -mm tree will then be required. Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Opdenacker http://free-electrons.com +33 621 604 642