Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 04:51:24 EST


On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> +config POSIX_TIMERS
> + bool "Posix Clocks & timers" if EXPERT
> + default y
> + help
> + This includes native support for POSIX timers to the kernel.
> + Most embedded systems may have no use for them and therefore they
> + can be configured out to reduce the size of the kernel image.

Can you please fix this sentence? It doesn't make any sense. "Most"
is making a definite statement of fact, while "may have no use" is
not.

Either you mean:

1. Most embedded systems have no use for them.

2. Embedded systems may have no use for them.

or expressing #2 in other words:

3. Many embedded systems have no use for them.

4. Some embedded systems have no use for them.

Take your pick. (But I doubt #1 is really true, and so I would like
to see some numbers to back up that claim.)

Thanks,
Richard