Re: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool

[Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 01:15:42PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 01:01:21PM +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:10:01AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >...
> > > Except for the X86_P4_CLOCKMOD case, all of your examples are correct 
> > > usages of EMBEDDED.
> > 
> > ahem, well, then I'm definitely doing something
> > wrong when I disable the VGA console on my 2GB
> > servers, as "there's no reason to enable EMBEDDED
> > when building a kernel for systems with > 50 MB RAM"
> > 
> > sorry, I kind of disagree here, this might be useful
> > for embedded systems, but it is definitely useful
> > for other systems as well ... at least I do not like
> > the 'assumption' that every system with >50MB has
> > to have a VGA console ...
> > 
> > I agree that the 0815 distro will not need this and
> > it can be hidden behind some option ...
> 
> It's not assumed that every system with > 50 MB has a VGA console.
>
> These are options where accidentially disabling only causes problems
> for the majority of users.
>
> You can enable EMBEDDED on your 2 GB servers if you really want
> to save a few bytes in the kernel, but OTOH I doubt there is much
> practival value in reducing the kernel for a system with 2 GB RAM by a
> few kB.

it is not the size I care about, it is the missing/disabled
vga hardware (and serial console) that I care about, but
what the hell, you consider it EMBEDDED and I don't. period.

nevertheless folks put all kind of stuff under EMBEDDED
because they _think_ it actually means _SPECIALIST_ or
_EXPERT_ and just is bad namimg ...

that's something which IMHO should be clarified, and if it
is just by adding another Kconfig option which does that

> > best,
> > Herbert
> >...
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 
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