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" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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
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