Re: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure out support for some processors

["Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ingo Brueckl <ib@wupperonline.de> wrote:
>> Is there any reason why CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT is limited to EMBEDDED only?
>>
>> In my desktop pc is one specific cpu only, so I do not need support for the
>> other processors. Unfortunately, I have no chance to disable the other ones.
>>
>> As it is already configurable, why not giving this option to everyone?
>
> EMBEDDED is just a switch to enable configuration options related to
> removing 'core' features of the kernel to save space. Think of it as a
> safety to avoid accidentally turning off something important. Feel
> free to switch on EMBEDDED if you want to use CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT
> - just enabling EMBEDDED doesn't do anything by itself.

I think EMBEDDED is a misnomer for using CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT and
should be used for more specific to Embedded stuff like for Embedded
range of CPUs or Embedded Systems.

Thank you,
JSR.