Re: [PATCH] block: Fix LSF default inconsistency

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Dec 11 2008 - 06:37:20 EST


On Thu, Dec 11 2008, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > > No objection from me, getting rid of configuration options almost
> > > always gets my vote :)
> >
> > Yeah, mine too. One recent addition was CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU - why on
> > earth is that an option?!
>
> As far as I know, CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU depend on CONFIG_MMU
> because any unevictable lru developer don't have nommu machine ;)
>
> I expect that nobody of mmu user don't turn off unevictable lru feature.

Perhaps I didn't frase the question correctly. My question is, why is it
a visible option? Does it make ANY sense to turn off
CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU?

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Jens Axboe

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