linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 4/8] arm64: Add Kconfig/Makefile to build hardware prefetch control driver

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:04:13 +0000
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/8] arm64: Add Kconfig/Makefile to build hardware
 prefetch control driver

> Don't enable random drivers unless they are required for booting etc.
> So can you justify having this driver enabled by default?
> 
> I see that the X86 driver is not enabled by default.

In the next version of the patch, I remove the description of
"default m" as in x86 driver.