On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:04:35PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 08:49 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:32:55AM +0200, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > > > 2009/1/21 Stefanik Gábor <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > I think EMBEDDED is for options that replace full-featured Linux > > > > components with dumbed-down, "low-profile" equivalents (like SLOB) - > > > > PID vs. minstrel is more like SLAB vs. SLUB. > > > > > > > > Gábor > > > > > > > > > > Minstrell performs very well even on embedded devices, i don't think > > > it's that heavy compared to pid. > > > > I think his point was that people should be able to select multiple > > algorithms without having to select EMBEDDED. > > The reason it was originally under EMBEDDED is that this allows you to > turn off _all_ algorithms, and that breaks, but might be desirable if > you have a system where you know you're using iwlagn or ath9k only which > have their own algorithms. I see. But currently it limits you to only one generic algorithm, the one chosen as the default. I don't think that was really the intent? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
