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    SubjectRe: stop breaking dosemu (Re: x86/kconfig/32: Rename CONFIG_VM86 and default it to 'n')
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    On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
    > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Stas Sergeev <stsp@list.ru> wrote:
    >> 02.09.2015 23:22, Josh Boyer пишет:
    >>>
    >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Stas Sergeev <stsp@list.ru> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>> 02.09.2015 20:46, Josh Boyer пишет:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
    >>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> I'd be amenable to switching the default back to y and perhaps adding
    >>>>>> a sysctl to make the distros more comfortable. Ingo, Kees, Brian,
    >>>>>> what do you think?
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Can you please leave the default as N, and have a sysctl option to
    >>>>> enable it instead? While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going
    >>>>> to be the common case at all. So from a distro perspective, I think
    >>>>> we'd probably rather have the default match the common case.
    >>>>
    >>>> The fact that fedora doesn't package dosemu, doesn't automatically
    >>>> mean all other distros do not too. Since when kernel defaults should
    >>>> match the ones of fedora?
    >>>
    >>> I didn't say that.
    >>
    >> What you said was:
    >> ---
    >>
    >> While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going
    >> to be the common case at all. So from a distro perspective
    >>
    >> ---
    >> ... which is likely true only in fedora circe.
    >>
    >>> The default right now is N.
    >>
    >> In a not yet released kernel, unless I am mistaken.
    >> If fedora already provides that kernel, other distros likely not.

    We do.

    >>> I asked it be left
    >>> that way. That's all.
    >>
    >> Lets assume its not yet N, unless there was a kernel release already.
    >> Its easy to get back if its not too late.

    You are correct.

    > How about CONFIG_SYSCTL_VM86_DEFAULT which defaults to Y? Fedora
    > could set it to N.

    Works for me.

    josh


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