Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make EARLY_PRINTK selectable for !EMBEDDED

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On 9/23/10, David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 10:59 PM, wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Wu Zhangjin<wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> When EMBEDDED is disabled, the EARLY_PRINTK option will be hiden and we
>> have no way to disable it.
>>
>> For EARLY_PRINTK is not necessary for !EMBEDDED, we should make it
>> selectable and only enable it by default for EMBEDDED.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin<wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   arch/mips/Kconfig.debug |    4 ++--
>>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
>> index 43dc279..77eba81 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
>> +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
>> @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
>>   source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
>>
>>   config EARLY_PRINTK
>> -	bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
>> +	bool "Early printk"
>>   	depends on SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
>> -	default y
>> +	default y if EMBEDDED
>
> I hate to be a pedant, but how about if we don't make it depend on
> EMBEDDED at all?  I.E. just: 'default y'
>
> If the system has SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK, the overhead of enabling
> EARLY_PRINTK is low, although it may slow down booting.  But it is
> really not at all related to EMBEDDED.

Yeah, we should remove this dependency eventually, will send a new
revision later.

Thanks & Regards,
Wu Zhangjin

>
> David Daney
>
>
>>   	help
>>   	  This option enables special console drivers which allow the kernel
>>   	  to print messages very early in the bootup process.
>
>



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