From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752215AbbCKSfT (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:35:19 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48556 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750770AbbCKSfQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:35:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:35:12 +0100 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: David Rientjes Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , bhelgaas@google.com, mingo@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, pure.logic@nexus-software.ie, jgross@suse.com, luto@amacapital.net, andy.shevchenko@gmail.com, thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com, JBeulich@suse.com, bp@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [RFC v1 2/2] x86: kconfig: remove UP [IO]APIC options Message-ID: <20150311183512.GI25035@wotan.suse.de> References: <1426029275-9594-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> <1426029275-9594-3-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 05:58:27PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > > > These were here mostly to help as wrappers for PCI_MSI > > under certain UP 32-bit build scenarios, now that PCI_MSI > > properly selects what it needs and when it needs it these > > Kconfig options are now only enabling users reduce the size > > of 32-bit kernels optionally. Since 32-bit kernels are not > > in a huge state of flux and since there is no penalty for > > adding APIC support other than a bit of size moving forward > > we simply expect folks to enable APIC options on 32-bit systems > > when a system needs it, as with PCI_MSI. This lets us remove > > clutter from the x86 Kconfig file. > > > > Check out Linus's latest tree at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git and see > how it looks after commit 50849eefea3b ("x86/Kconfig: Simplify X86_UP_APIC > handling") and commit b1da1e715d4f ("x86/Kconfig: Simplify X86_IO_APIC > dependencies"). OK thanks yeah I see that now, yeah this can be simplified further, will send a follow up based on top of these two. Luis