Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757466AbXIRUER (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752853AbXIRUED (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:04:03 -0400 Received: from pool-71-118-246-34.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net ([71.118.246.34]:40136 "EHLO www.thewybles.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752411AbXIRUEB (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:04:01 -0400 Message-ID: <46F02F50.5000001@thewybles.com> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:04:32 -0700 From: Charles N Wyble User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070403) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Chris Wright , Anthony Liguori , lkml - Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Time to make CONFIG_PARAVIRT non-experimental. References: <1189747054.7262.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1189747124.7262.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1189747280.7262.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200709181257.41530.ak@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <200709181257.41530.ak@suse.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1013 Lines: 38 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andi Kleen wrote: > On Friday 14 September 2007 07:21, Rusty Russell wrote: >> It's pretty widely used, > > Is it? By whom? > >> and the distributions will turn it on. > > That's no reason to make it default y. Please undo that. default y > is near always a bad idea. Andi, What do you base this on? Why is making something default y a bad idea? Those most likely to care can turn it off. Is there a harmful effect from leaving it on if its not being used? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG8C9QkQPZV56XDBMRAowcAJ9fkxKAjjsvGd6hOPkvHXU9ThpoQwCdGUI8 mjpUh6G+ZyzL0CW3sYNS97g= =ZgiJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/