Re: Replace CONFIG_EMBEDDED [Was: x86 (Linux Tiny): configure outsupport for some processor]

[Bill Davidsen]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > It's a subjective category and no amount of talking will bring any 
> > solution here.
>
> It is brought up now and then partly because the use of the
> term EMBEDDED that is so overloaded that it is not fun.
>
> Someone should kill it and replace it with something saner.
>
> CONFIG_EXPERT_TEXT_SIZE
>
> For stuff that the expert can toy with which mainly
> has text size impact and some documented performance/functionality impact.
> The possibility to select a subset of CPU's may belong here.
>
>
> CONFIG_EXPERT_DATA_SIZE
>
> Likewise where what we save is more data than TEXT.
> For example where we lower the size of a hash bucket etc.
>
> CONFIG_EXPERT
>
> For other stuff that no 'ordinary' user will need to change
> but the expert may find it usefull.
>
> Everything we hide under EMBEDDED today would fit in the
> categories above.
Don't forget "CONFIG_EXPERT_STACK_SIZE" for 4k x86 stacks.

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