Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 09:56:13AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > So if my Fedora usage doesn't need them, we can infer that > > the number of embedded systems also not needing them might tend towards > > a high percentage. > > (I wouldn't call

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 09:56:13AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > So if my Fedora usage doesn't need them, we can infer that > > the number of embedded systems also not needing them might tend towards > > a high percentage. > > (I wouldn't call

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Richard Cochran
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 09:56:13AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > So if my Fedora usage doesn't need them, we can infer that > the number of embedded systems also not needing them might tend towards > a high percentage. (I wouldn't call Fedora an embedded distro, but heh...) > But let's be

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Richard Cochran
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 09:56:13AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > So if my Fedora usage doesn't need them, we can infer that > the number of embedded systems also not needing them might tend towards > a high percentage. (I wouldn't call Fedora an embedded distro, but heh...) > But let's be

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > +config POSIX_TIMERS > > + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT > > + default y > > + help > > + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel. > > + Most

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > +config POSIX_TIMERS > > + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT > > + default y > > + help > > + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel. > > + Most

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Richard Cochran
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > +config POSIX_TIMERS > + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT > + default y > + help > + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel. > + Most embedded systems may have no use for them and

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-26 Thread Richard Cochran
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > +config POSIX_TIMERS > + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT > + default y > + help > + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel. > + Most embedded systems may have no use for them and

[PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-25 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Some embedded systems have no use for them. This removes about 22KB from the kernel binary size when configured out. Corresponding syscalls are routed to a stub logging the attempt to use those syscalls which should be enough of a clue if they were disabled without proper consideration. They

[PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

2016-10-25 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Some embedded systems have no use for them. This removes about 22KB from the kernel binary size when configured out. Corresponding syscalls are routed to a stub logging the attempt to use those syscalls which should be enough of a clue if they were disabled without proper consideration. They