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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:31:55 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@metux.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:23:07PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support

Why?

I can think of a couple of reasons but maybe yours might not be the one
I'm thinking of.

> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                 | 7 +++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile     | 4 +++-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++
>  drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig      | 2 +-
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig             | 2 +-
>  drivers/ptp/Kconfig              | 2 +-
>  6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index f6946b81f74a..c227c1fa0091 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -801,6 +801,13 @@ config X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
>  
>  source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
>  
> +config VMWARE_GUEST
> +	bool "Vmware Guest support"
> +	default y

depends on HYPERVISOR_GUEST. The hyperv one too.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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