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Date:   Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:22:23 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:17:23PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization
> (w/ specially stripped-down workloads) or embedded systems.
> 
> For example, I'm running bare minimum kernels w/ only kvm and virtio
> (not even pci, etc) in such scenarios.
> 
> Of course, that's nothing for an average distro, therefore leaving
> default y.

Ok, pls put the reasoning for the change in the next revision's commit
message along with how much KB savings we're talking about.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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