Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 14:23:13 EST


On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:17:23PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization
> (w/ specially stripped-down workloads) or embedded systems.
>
> For example, I'm running bare minimum kernels w/ only kvm and virtio
> (not even pci, etc) in such scenarios.
>
> Of course, that's nothing for an average distro, therefore leaving
> default y.

Ok, pls put the reasoning for the change in the next revision's commit
message along with how much KB savings we're talking about.

Thx.

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