Hi, * Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-08-13 04:49]: > Bernhard Walle wrote: > > > >Honestly I don't see why everything is guarded by > >CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE. We do we need that new configuration > >option? I mean, if I don't specify 'crashkernel=auto', then the patch > >does nothing, right? Then the option CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE would > >only be needed so save some bytes of code. Is that really worth it? > > Hi, CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE is not for saving bytes, it just > provides a choice for the user to decide to enable it or not. Still, I don't understand it. When I don't say "crashkernel=auto" on command line, then nothing is done, right? So the choice for the user is the "crashkernel=auto". Why do we need CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE then? Maybe I just missed something in my logic ... Regards, Bernhard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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