Re: [PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU

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From: Alan Cox
Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 4:13 am

> - It's not only code, it also bloats everyone's kernel image.

Its a miniscule piece of code that is discarded on boot. Yes it might
make the image 100 bytes longer, but have you priced a 160GB disk
recently. I don't think 100 bytes of disk and 0 of memory really is worth
saving for any risk at all. Its not even worth the time to apply the
patch.


But you've no idea if this is true. Probably some of our other drivers
are bigger and have less users.

Alan
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[PATCH] [0/58] First batch of x86 patches for .23, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:54 am)
[PATCH] [14/58] x86_64: Add on_cpu_single, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:54 am)
[PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:54 am)
[PATCH] [20/58] x86: Always probe the NMI watchdog, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [23/58] i386: remove pit_interrupt_hook, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [25/58] x86_64: use generic cmos update, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [26/58] x86_64: Use generic xtime init, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [28/58] x86_64: Fix APIC typo, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [29/58] x86_64: fiuxp pt_reqs leftovers, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [30/58] x86: share hpet.h with i386, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [34/58] x86_64: ia32entry adjustments, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [39/58] i386: minor nx handling adjustment, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [40/58] i386: remapped_pgdat_init() static, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [42/58] i386: timer_irq_works() static again, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [43/58] x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [48/58] x86_64: O_EXCL on /dev/mcelog, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [51/58] i386: fix machine rebooting, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [53/58] x86: PM_TRACE support, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [55/58] i386: add reference to the arguments, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
[PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 2:55 am)
Re: [PATCH] [33/58] x86_64: Avoid too many remote cpu refe ..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Jul 19, 3:21 am)
Re: [PATCH] [14/58] x86_64: Add on_cpu_single, Satyam Sharma, (Thu Jul 19, 4:09 am)
Re: [PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU, Alan Cox, (Thu Jul 19, 4:13 am)
Re: [PATCH] [14/58] x86_64: Add on_cpu_single, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 5:07 am)
Re: [PATCH] [34/58] x86_64: ia32entry adjustments, Jeff Garzik, (Thu Jul 19, 7:46 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Daniel Walker, (Thu Jul 19, 9:51 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 10:13 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Daniel Walker, (Thu Jul 19, 10:15 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 10:22 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Daniel Walker, (Thu Jul 19, 10:31 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 10:38 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Daniel Walker, (Thu Jul 19, 10:43 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Daniel Walker, (Thu Jul 19, 11:00 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Thu Jul 19, 11:00 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Thu Jul 19, 8:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Thu Jul 19, 8:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock (cmpxchg8b), Mathieu Desnoyers, (Thu Jul 19, 9:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock (cmpxchg8b), Mathieu Desnoyers, (Thu Jul 19, 10:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Fri Jul 20, 1:27 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Fri Jul 20, 7:12 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Fri Jul 20, 7:39 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Andi Kleen, (Fri Jul 20, 8:14 am)
Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Fri Jul 20, 8:22 am)
[PATCH] 80386 and 80486 cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local fallback, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Fri Jul 20, 9:49 am)
Re: [patches] [PATCH] [17/58] i386: Add L3 cache support t ..., Andreas Herrmann, (Fri Jul 20, 10:00 am)
Re: [patches] [PATCH] [17/58] i386: Add L3 cache support t ..., Andreas Herrmann, (Fri Jul 20, 10:15 am)
Re: [PATCH] [34/58] x86_64: ia32entry adjustments, Jan Beulich, (Mon Aug 6, 3:43 am)