Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:27:35PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
>...
> +config VM86
> +	depends X86
> +	default y
> +	bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
> +	help
> +          This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
> +	  code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
> +          XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
> +          option saves about 6k.
>...

I don't like such space statements ("about 6k") in help texts, since 
history has shown that noone updates them when the actual size 
changes...

cu
Adrian

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