Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-17 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Thomas Petazzoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Enclosed patch allows to configure out the doublefault exception > handler. The original patch of Matt Mackall added the option in > init/Kconfig, but because this is a x86-specific thing, I thought > arch/x86/Kconfig would be a better place. Is

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-15 Thread Matt Mackall
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 19:04 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > do when it does". There's very little point in having this sort of code > > in a mass-market camera, phone, DVR, TV, etc. (of which there are > > Do any of them run with a x86 CPU? Yes. The last PVR I worked on was just such a device, as w

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-15 Thread Andi Kleen
> do when it does". There's very little point in having this sort of code > in a mass-market camera, phone, DVR, TV, etc. (of which there are Do any of them run with a x86 CPU? -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROT

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-15 Thread Matt Mackall
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 13:00 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I bet there's some doublefault-handling code hiding somewhere. It's not > > the sort of thing it'd make sense to take out of the architecture. > > The big question is if it makes sense taking o

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-15 Thread Andi Kleen
Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I bet there's some doublefault-handling code hiding somewhere. It's not > the sort of thing it'd make sense to take out of the architecture. The big question is if it makes sense taking out of a kernel at all. I still think the answer is no. Or have yo

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-12 Thread Matt Mackall
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:00 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Hi Sam, > > Le Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:28 +0100, > Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > We already have this in arch/x86/Kconfig.debug: > > Oops, my usual "find . -name Kconfig" missed it. Thanks for pointing it > out! The

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-12 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hi Sam, Le Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:28 +0100, Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > We already have this in arch/x86/Kconfig.debug: Oops, my usual "find . -name Kconfig" missed it. Thanks for pointing it out! > It may need a small update if this is valid for both 32 and 64 bit. Doesn't se

Re: [PATCH] Configure out doublefault exception handler (Linux Tiny)

2008-02-12 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:08:25AM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Hi, > > Enclosed patch allows to configure out the doublefault exception > handler. The original patch of Matt Mackall added the option in > init/Kconfig, but because this is a x86-specific thing, I thought > arch/x86/Kconfig woul