From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Octavian Purdila Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: shrink net_device by #ifdef-ing protocol-specific members Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:31:21 +0300 Message-ID: <200907291331.22265.opurdila@ixiacom.com> References: <4A6DC314.2010303@ixiacom.com> <200907281743.27871.opurdila@ixiacom.com> <20090728.102808.228535949.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: lgrijincu@ixiacom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from ixro-out-rtc.ixiacom.com ([92.87.192.98]:27055 "EHLO ixro-ex1.ixiacom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751123AbZG2Kd0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:33:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090728.102808.228535949.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 28 July 2009 20:28:08 David Miller wrote: > From: Octavian Purdila > Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:43:27 +0300 > > > On Monday 27 July 2009 18:26:44 David Miller wrote: > >> This benefits, at best, %0.000000001 of users of the Linux kernel, > >> because every distribution is going to turn on every single option. > > > > Not all Linux users are using regular (desktop/server) distributions. > > I didn't say all, I said "nearly all" which for many considerations > is roughly equivalent. > > That %0.0000000001 was meant to represent non-distribution users. There are many embedded / dedicated devices out there which use a customized Linux kernel (wireless routers and other network appliances, set-top boxes, TVs, etc.). I have no idea about what the actual percent of the Linux users these account for, but to dismiss it as %0.0000000001 seems like a rush statement to me. tavi