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

From	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable
Date	2016-10-26 11:00 +0200
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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

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(none) Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-26 04:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-26 04:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 11:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-26 16:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 22:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] posix-timers: make it configurable Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-27 01:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2 1/5] kconfig: introduce the "imply" keyword Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-26 04:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] kconfig: introduce the "imply" keyword Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> - 2016-10-27 01:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] kconfig: introduce the "imply" keyword Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-27 01:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> - 2016-10-27 01:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig  help Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-10-27 01:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] make POSIX timers optional with some Kconfig help Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> - 2016-10-27 02:00 +0200

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