linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/13] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular MM options in the defconfig

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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:18:28 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, 
	Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>, 
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>, 
	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular MM options in the defconfig

On Thu, 15 May 2025 at 06:28, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Since the x86 defconfig aims to be a distro kernel work-alike with
> fewer drivers and a shorter build time, enable the following
> MM options that are typically enabled on major Linux distributions:

Ingo, PLEASE STOP.

This whole "enable random crap that distros enable" is completely pointless.

If you want a distro config, then USE the distro config, for chrissake!

The defconfig should be some sane configuration for NORMAL :PEOPLE.

Not for cloud providers - get rid of the stipid cloud virt stuff.

Not for distros - get rid of the silly "distros enable this".

For NORMAL people. People who don't know what they should do without a
default config. People who just have a random machine that they want
to run Linux on and need an initial config for.

This whole "enable random things just because a distro has bad taste
and enables them" is BROKEN.

            Linus