From: Geert U. <ge...@li...> - 2004-05-12 19:00:32
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On Wed, 12 May 2004, James Simmons wrote: > I understand you point of the mode switching code being huge. The embedded > guys require really lean kernels. I have no problem making the mode switching > code modular. I just want to avoid the above overhead. And for an embedded device with a fixed LCD screen you can easily make the mode setting code __init, and disallow mode changes after boot up. One device driver, just one more kernel config option. Some code has to do the mode setting anyway, so better keep it in one place. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- ge...@li... In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds |