linux-kernel - linux 5.6-rc5: KVM -Werror Kconfig default yes contradicts description which says: If in doubt say N.

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Message-ID: <69db5087-c6bb-21e0-55d6-3fbc0fd57881@eikelenboom.it>
Date:   Mon, 9 Mar 2020 11:54:44 +0100
From:   Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>
To:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "kvm@"@vger.kernel.org
Subject: linux 5.6-rc5: KVM -Werror Kconfig default yes contradicts
 description which says: If in doubt say N.

L.S.,

The Y default for the kconfig option seems to contradict it's
description, which says if in doubt say 'N' ?

--
Sander

Virtualization (VIRTUALIZATION) [Y/n/?] y
  Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support (KVM) [M/n/y/?] m
  Compile KVM with -Werror (KVM_WERROR) [Y/n/?] (NEW) ?

CONFIG_KVM_WERROR:

Add -Werror to the build flags for (and only for) i915.ko.

If in doubt, say "N".

Symbol: KVM_WERROR [=y]
Type  : bool
Defined at arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig:62
  Prompt: Compile KVM with -Werror
  Depends on: VIRTUALIZATION [=y] && (X86_64 [=y] && !KASAN [=n] ||
!COMPILE_TEST [=n]) && EXPERT [=y]
  Location:
    -> Virtualization (VIRTUALIZATION [=y])

  Compile KVM with -Werror (KVM_WERROR) [Y/n/?] (NEW)