Re: [PATCH 00/12] [v2] Reorganize x86 Kconfig menu

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:22:45AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> Changes from v1:
>  * put MTRR under "Processor Options"
>  * fix circular dependency introduced in the paravirt shuffle
>  * dump extended platforms down to the end of the menu
> 
> --
> 
> The x86 "Processor type and features" menu has really been
> letting itself go over the years.  It needs to be put on a
> diet as a new-year's resolution.
> 
> This takes us from about 80 lines of options down to about 20.

Definitely a step in the right direction - thanks for doing that. A
couple of notes after staring at the new Kconfing menu:

* CONFIG_X86_X2APIC could go into "Processor Options and Features"

* We should put "Processor family (...) --->" into the main menu since
it is one of the most important ones.

* "Preemption Model" could be merged with "x86 Scheduler Options"

* Move CONFIG_SECCOMP, CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO to obscure options?

* Move CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START to "Memory and NUMA Options"

* Maybe group CONFIG_RELOCATABLE, CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR,
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN to a separate "Kernel image options" menu.

* CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL - I don't know about this one, it certainly
doesn't fit anywhere..

Anyway, just a couple of suggestions.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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