Because it doesn't impact anything else if it is broken. You will find no
downside to it, because if you don't need it you don't configure it in.
And if you need it, whether it is broken on non-existent it doesn't work,
while putting it in it _may_ work well enough for you.
In constrast, things like the VMA management impacts _everybody_.
Linus
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