linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 061/193] drivers/md: remove CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:23:47 +1100
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 061/193] drivers/md: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:02:14 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
> almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel
> summit, remove it.
> 
> CC: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/md/Kconfig |   25 ++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> index 91a02ee..f583e96 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> @@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ config MD_RAID456
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>  
>  config MULTICORE_RAID456
> -	bool "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 Multicore processing (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> +	bool "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 Multicore processing"
>  	depends on MD_RAID456
>  	depends on SMP
> -	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
>  	---help---
>  	  Enable the raid456 module to dispatch per-stripe raid operations to a
>  	  thread pool.

I'm happy to remove the "depends on EXPERIMENTAL".
I'm not so happy to remove the "(EXPERIMENTAL)" text.  That code really
shouldn't be used in production - just for experiments.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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