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

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Date:	Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:13:01 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>,
	jeremy@...p.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.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 07/08/2013 12:28 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> 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.
> 

What the fsck does grub2 have to do with Kconfig?

	-hpa


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