Re: VMSPLIT kernel config option

[Andrew Clayton]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:55:23 -0500 (CDT), Chase Venters wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Andrew Clayton wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it meant, that the VMSPLIT_* options are only enabled
> > "if EMBEDDED"?
> 
> Indeed. Unfortunately, adjusting VMSPLIT appeared to break the
> assumptions of some programs like Valgrind (and hence caused a
> regression for some users). VMSPLIT was thusly "hidden" under
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED such that the only people who would be inclined to
> mess with the setting were people already tinkering with "low-level"
> settings if you will.

Ah, understood.


Cheers,

Andrew
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