linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make config X86_FEATURE

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2023 20:41:35 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make config X86_FEATURE_NAMES visible with EXPERT

On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 11:38:27AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> This actually isn't _great_ for x86.  We hid X86_FEATURE_NAMES behind
> EMBEDDED because we didn't want to see it 99% of the time.  But just
> about everyone uses EXPERT=y, so the end result here is that everyone
> will now see X86_FEATURE_NAMES.
> 
> Oh well.  It's just one Kconfig option.  Not a big deal.

Or we can make it unconditional. I haven't heard anything from the tiny
.config folks in a while and a !X86_FEATURE_NAMES kernel is just
unfriendly.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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