Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Add a prompt for HPET_EMULATE_RTC

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, Apr 29 2021 at 16:00, Anand K. Mistry wrote:

> This does two things:
> 1. Makes the option visible in menuconfig, allowing the user to easily
>    disable this option
> 2. Allows olddefconfig to respect the option if it is set in the old
>    .config file

Well, it's pretty clear WHAT it does, but there is absolutely no
reasoning WHY this knob is needed in the first place.

Thanks,

        tglx