From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/platform: (TS-5500) fix CONFIG_TS5500_ADC dependency
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:29:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EC560AB.4050907@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111117135731.1c8e736e@v0nbox>
On 11/17/2011 10:57 AM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
>
> IMHO it would be overkill for such a small embedded platform to provide
> device drivers as modules.
>
You have it exactly backwards. It should be possible to have these
drivers available in a generic kernel without burdening all systems in
the world.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-17 19:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-17 18:36 Vivien Didelot
2011-11-17 18:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-11-17 18:57 ` Vivien Didelot
2011-11-17 19:29 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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