Re: RFC: deprecate CONFIG_X86_CPU_DEBUG and schedule it for rapidremoval

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/22/2010 04:53 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> Would it not be better to fix that problem (perhaps just with the
> revert) so that 2.6.33, 2.6.32.x and earlier can be fixed?  Then we can
> nuke the feature in 2.6.34.
> 
> Alternatively, we can nuke the feature from 2.6.33 and 2.6.32.x and
> earlier right now.  Where "nuke" might mean "make it difficult to
> enable".
> 
> Whatever.  Bottom line is that it'd be nice to do something to fix up
> 2.6.33 and earlier.
> 

I would be all for nuking the feature immediately.  The easiest way to
nuke the feature quickly is to make it a noninteractive Kconfig feature.

All in favor?

	-hpa
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/