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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:53:21 +0000
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86/xen: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Kees Cook wrote:
> The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL 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 from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> Cc: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - drop EXPERIMENTAL from bool and help text too.
>
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/Kconfig | 8 +++-----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> index 93ff4e1..6c5802f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ config XEN_DEBUG_FS
> Enabling this option may incur a significant performance overhead.
>
> config XEN_X86_PVH
> - bool "Support for running as a PVH guest (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> - depends on X86_64 && XEN && EXPERIMENTAL
> + bool "Support for running as a PVH guest"
> + depends on X86_64 && XEN
> default n
> help
> This option enables support for running as a PVH guest (PV guest
> using hardware extensions) under a suitably capable hypervisor.
> - This option is EXPERIMENTAL because the hypervisor interfaces
> - which it uses is not yet considered stable therefore backwards and
> - forwards compatibility is not yet guaranteed. If unsure, say N.
> + If unsure, say N.
Please do not change the text this way.
The fact that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is going away it doesn't change the
fact that this feature is experimental.
Maybe you want to replace EXPERIMENTAL with experimental, or if
experimental has become as taboo word, I am sure you can find a suitable
synonym.
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