linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: Add debugfs switch to disable at run time

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F7E90A5E7@ORSMSX104.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:43:58 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: Add debugfs switch to disable at run time

>> Rebooting isn't popular in many end user situations. Many CSP (cloud
>> service providers) vehemently hate the idea of rebooting.
>
> I meant disable in Kconfig - not build it in at all.

If rebooting is bad, then re-compiling and rebooting is 100x worse. :-)

-Tony