linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/kconfig/32: Mark CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxdg9oeUbRRfh7sKcyQRpH892mfgeXzrhXX18NO-baOGA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:30:45 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/kconfig/32: Mark CONFIG_VM86 as BROKEN

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>
> Perhaps we should instead move CONFIG_VM86 out of EXPERT, default it
> to n, and suggest that everyone running a reasonably modern distro
> (2006 and up?) turn it off.

Ack. Changing the default and trying to deprecate it sounds like a
good plan to me.

               Linus
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