Re: [PATCH 1/3] Separate IRQ-stacks from 4K-stacks option

[Brian Gerst]

Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> Right now CONFIG_4KSTACKS implies IRQ-stacks.  Some people though
> really need 8K stacks and it would be nice to have IRQ-stacks for them
> too.
>
> This splits the option in two with the intention of removing the
> IRQ-stacks option completely.
>
>  arch/i386/Kconfig.debug        |   13 ++++++++++---
>  arch/i386/defconfig            |    1 -
>  arch/i386/kernel/irq.c         |   14 +++++++-------
>  include/asm-i386/irq.h         |    6 +++---
>  include/asm-i386/module.h      |    6 +++---
>  include/asm-i386/thread_info.h |    6 +++---
>  6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> diff -Nru a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
> --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-09-09 16:06:04 -07:00
> +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug	2004-09-09 16:06:04 -07:00
> @@ -46,14 +46,21 @@
>  	  This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
>  	  of memory corruptions.
>  
> -config 4KSTACKS
> +config I386_4KSTACKS
>  	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"

What's the point of changing 4KSTACKS to I386_4KSTACKS?  Best to just 
leave this alone as external code is likely to check it.

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				Brian Gerst
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