Re: [PATCH] Make vm86 support optional

[Matt Mackall]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:39:00AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 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...

What would you prefer? It's important to give a relative size vs
functionality savings so people can decide whether they want a feature
and simply saying a little/a lot is insufficient.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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