Re: [patch 2/7] Immediate Values - Kconfig menu in EMBEDDED

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:42:26 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

>  init/Kconfig |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/init/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/init/Kconfig	2007-09-04 11:53:59.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/init/Kconfig	2007-09-04 12:12:03.000000000 -0400
> @@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
>  config SYSCTL
>  	bool
>  
> +config IMMEDIATE
> +	default y if !DISABLE_IMMEDIATE
> +	depends on X86_32 || PPC || PPC64
> +	bool
> +	help
> +	  Immediate values are used as read mostly variables that are rarely

                                       read-mostly

> +	  updated. They use code patching to modify the values inscribed in the
> +	  instruction stream. It provides a way to save precious cache lines

They .... (then) It ...
so choose one of the other.  I think I prefer "They".

> +	  that would otherwise have to be used by these variables. Can be
> +	  disabled through the EMBEDDED menu.
> +
>  menuconfig EMBEDDED
>  	bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)"
>  	help

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~Randy
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