Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] x86/Kconfig: tighten up wording of the CONFIG_X86_FRED help text

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 04:01:48PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The CONFIG_X86_FRED help text has both "try to" and "if the system
> supports it", which are redundant statements.
> 
> Remove "try to".
> 
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index e2df1b147184..876b663dcf38 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ config X86_FRED
>  	bool "Flexible Return and Event Delivery"
>  	depends on X86_64
>  	help
> -	  When enabled, try to use Flexible Return and Event Delivery
> +	  When enabled, use Flexible Return and Event Delivery
>  	  instead of the legacy SYSCALL/SYSENTER/IDT architecture for
>  	  ring transitions and exception/interrupt handling if the
>  	  system supports it.
> -- 

I'll merge this one with patch 1 - it is too minute and belongs there too
anyway.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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