linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] Time to make CONFIG

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Message-Id: <200709181257.41530.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:57:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Time to make CONFIG_PARAVIRT non-experimental.

On Friday 14 September 2007 07:21, Rusty Russell wrote:
> It's pretty widely used,

Is it? By whom?

> and the distributions will turn it on. 

That's no reason to make it default y. Please undo that. default y
is near always a bad idea.

Also I would still consider it experimental.

-Andi
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