linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional

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Message-ID: <51048250.6060108@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:26:40 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	JBeulich@...e.com, "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional

On 01/25/2013 10:43 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:35:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> Ok, if you prefer. We can definitely make all .o's which depend on
>> x86_hyper also depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST - this solves the
>> whole deal trivially.
>>
>> I'll respin the patches.
>
> ... provided, of course, nothing out-of-tree is using x86_hyper. Can we
> assume that?
>

Out-of-tree code is responsible for keeping up, not the other way around.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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