Messages in this thread | | | From | Ram Muthiah <> | Date | Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:44:14 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND] virtio: virtio_pci_legacy: Remove default y from Kconfig |
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On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 11:32 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 03:27:36PM -0800, Ram Muthiah wrote: > > The legacy pci driver should no longer be default enabled. QEMU has > > implemented support for Virtio 1 for virtio-pci since June 2015 > > on SHA dfb8e184db75. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ram Muthiah <rammuthiah@google.com> > > I see little reason to do this: y is safer and will boot on more > hypervisors, so people that aren't sure should enable it. >
In that case, would it be reasonable to fold VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY into VIRTIO_PCI?
The result would boot more hypervisors as well and remove the CONFIG in the process.
> > --- > > drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 6 ------ > > 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig > > index 078615cf2afc..eacd0b90d32b 100644 > > --- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig > > @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ config VIRTIO_PCI > > > > config VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY > > bool "Support for legacy virtio draft 0.9.X and older devices" > > - default y > > depends on VIRTIO_PCI > > ---help--- > > Virtio PCI Card 0.9.X Draft (circa 2014) and older device support. > > @@ -36,11 +35,6 @@ config VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY > > If disabled, you get a slightly smaller, non-transitional driver, > > with no legacy compatibility. > > > > - So look out into your driveway. Do you have a flying car? If > > - so, you can happily disable this option and virtio will not > > - break. Otherwise, leave it set. Unless you're testing what > > - life will be like in The Future. > > - > > If unsure, say Y. > > > > config VIRTIO_PMEM > > -- > > 2.25.0.265.gbab2e86ba0-goog >
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