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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:25:28 -0700
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On 09/28/2009 05:45 PM, Alok Kataria wrote:
> +	bool "VMI Guest support [will be deprecated soon]"
> +	default n

This is incorrect use of the word "deprecated"... it's *already*
deprecated (a word which pretty much means the opposite of "recommended".)

As far as "default n" is concerned... this is usually not necessary; "n"
is the default unless anything else is specified.

	-hpa

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