> +config IMMEDIATE > + default y if !DISABLE_IMMEDIATE It's still unclear to me why DISABLE_IMMEDIATE is needed. It would be better to make it just the default.
> +config DISABLE_IMMEDIATE > + default y if EMBEDDED > + bool "Disable immediate values" if EMBEDDED > + depends on X86_32 || PPC || PPC64 > + help > + Disable code patching based immediate values for embedded systems. It > + consumes slightly more memory and requires to modify the instruction > + stream each time a variable is updated. > Should really be disabled for > + embedded systems with read-only text. There are no such on x86 at least And for other architectures like PPC it would be better to have a high level CONFIG_READ_ONLY_TEXT then that does the necessary changes internally. But I'm not sure it's even supporting r/o text. -Andi - 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/
