On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:55:29 -0500 Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:08:21 -0500 > > Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Initial framework for disabling PS/2 protocol extensions. The current > >> protocols can only be disabled if CONFIG_EMBEDDED is selected. No > >> source files are changed, merely build stuff. > > > > ugleee. What benefit do we get for all this additional maintenance burden? > > On any platform where you know exactly what ps/2 device you'll have > plugged in, you can cut the size of psmouse.ko in half by disabling > protocol extensions that are not in use. hm, saving 4k or so. Oh well, let's leave that up to Dmitry. > For future protocol extension additions, we can add them without making > the psmouse driver even larger. We have one queued up for OLPC's > touchpad which we'd like to get included in mainline, and it was made > clear that being able to disable protocol extensions was a prerequisite > for getting it included. The OLPC ps/2 protocol extension would be > disabled unless CONFIG_EMBEDDED and CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_OLPC were both enabled. > > See http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/11/200 Perhaps a nicer implementation would be to have a separate .c file for each variant. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
