Re: [PATCH v9 11/12] x86/resctrl: Simplify Kconfig options for resctrl

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Tony,

On 7/1/26 2:35 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> Linus Torvalds complained[1] about Kconfig complexity making it too
> hard for "random people to build their own kernels".
> 
> CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET has been causing problems since it was
> first added as it required other config options to be set to "built-in".
> 
> AET now resolves PMT symbols at runtime via the registration API,
> so INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY no longer needs to be built-in. This means
> that AET can be included unconditionally as part of X86_CPU_RESCTRL.
> 
> CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL now depends on X86_64 because reading telemetry
> data needs readq().

Above reads as though it is a new dependency as opposed to an existing dependency
that moves one level up. How about something like:
	Move the X86_64 dependency of the removed AET config up to CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL.

Reinette