linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

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Message-ID: <20130708192854.GF4927@phenom.dumpdata.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:28:54 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	jeremy@...p.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 08:28:24AM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> This patch proposes to remove the XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST kernel
> configuration parameter defined in arch/x86/xen/Kconfig, but used
> nowhere in the makefiles and source code.
> 
> This dummy parameter was added 3 years back, and it may
> make sense to remove it now, as the reasons to use it were not
> very clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>

Can't remove it. It is used by grub2.

> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/Kconfig | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> index 1a3c765..b6401dc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ config XEN_DOM0
>  	depends on XEN && PCI_XEN && SWIOTLB_XEN
>  	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC && ACPI && PCI
>  
> -# Dummy symbol since people have come to rely on the PRIVILEGED_GUEST
> -# name in tools.
> -config XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST
> -	def_bool XEN_DOM0
> -
>  config XEN_PVHVM
>  	def_bool y
>  	depends on XEN && PCI && X86_LOCAL_APIC
> -- 
> 1.8.1.2
> 
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