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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <51DCDB37.204@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:55:35 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>
CC:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	jeremy@...p.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>,
	x86@...nel.org, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

On 07/09/2013 03:34 PM, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
> 
> Grub does this in it's update script to prevent adding a xen + kernel combination that has no chance of booting when dom0 support has not been configured in the kernel.
> That doesn't seem to be a unreasonable thought.
> 

Except it does it backwards.  The test it uses is sufficient but not
necessary.

	-hpa


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/