From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24DFFC8300F for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:23:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D7F22240 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:23:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388098AbgLBTXL (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:23:11 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60284 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387909AbgLBTXL (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:23:11 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 082CBC0617A7; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:22:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ec2f161b00329c23fffea6a903.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f16:1b00:329c:23ff:fea6:a903]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id DDD991EC04DA; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:22:27 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1606936948; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=rySJim3wBb+9W8dVG2J74HH0THuGsrX0bUYnHgpIWEU=; b=JuFeCHturGfuW0en93LjGZ7Qdjt76u6ure4PvfBENNP73o/sIw2rZL2huQeOG5pYwDaQq6 0Z4j3BsdWrMQKuLTW9LBCrfVgYI2Aiw0fXFUf4WtCzhnRbjerjFmICRuUBgYqFRE0f+203 KFHl9HuaYVFCiBO/SXfF4Qduw1tLv3c= Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:22:23 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, derek.kiernan@xilinx.com, dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com, richardcochran@gmail.com, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional Message-ID: <20201202192223.GK2951@zn.tnic> References: <20201117202308.7568-1-info@metux.net> <20201117203155.GO5719@zn.tnic> <0c0480af-bcf5-d7ba-9e76-d511e60f76ec@metux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0c0480af-bcf5-d7ba-9e76-d511e60f76ec@metux.net> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-input@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette