Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI]. | From | Alok Kataria <> | Date | Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:45:21 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 20:00 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >> btw the "default" in KConfig tends to be totally ignored by distro > >> kernel maintainers... please don't assume that just because some default > >> is set in KConfig it has ANY impact on what shows up in distributions. > > > > So, are you saying that we should be doing something else along with > > toggling it off in the Kconfig ? > > We have already informed most of the distro folks about this deprecation > > so I think we should be okay there, but if there is something else that > > should be done, do let me know. > > Perhaps log a message when it is first used?
Yeah, Chris' suggestion about adding "deprecated" string in pv_info.name does just that.
Thanks, Alok
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