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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging for 4.15, Part 1
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 02:40:14PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote:
>
> > > Making a variable that 'looks' like a constant macro dynamic in a rare Kconfig
> > > scenario is asking for trouble.
> >
> > We expect boot-time page mode switching to be enabled in kernel of next
> > generation enterprise distros. It shoudn't be that rare.
>
> My point remains even with not-so-rare Kconfig dependency.

I don't follow how introducing new variable that depends on Kconfig option
would help with the situation.

We would end up with inverse situation: people would use MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
where the new variable need to be used and we will in the same situation.

--
Kirill A. Shutemov

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