Re: [PATCH] Patches for tiny 386 kernels, again. Linux kernel 2.6.22.7

Dave Jones
2007-09-24T19:09:38Z

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:51:17AM -0700, Jonathan Campbell wrote:

> +#if defined(__i386__) && defined(CONFIG_DMI)
> dmi_check_system(acpi_dmi_table);
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> dmi_scan_machine();
> +#endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> /* Check and install the TSC clocksource */
> dmi_check_system(bad_tsc_dmi_table);
> +#endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> dmi_check_system(acpi_osl_dmi_table);
> +#endif

Instead of adding all these ifdefs, we could just define
add something along the lines of..

#ifndef CONFIG_DMI
#define dmi_check_system do {} while (0)
#endif

in some header, which hides the uglies away from the code
whilst having the same net effect.

Dave

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