Re: stop breaking dosemu (Re: x86/kconfig/32: Rename CONFIG_VM86 and default it to 'n')

[Josh Boyer]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I'd be amenable to switching the default back to y and perhaps adding
>>> a sysctl to make the distros more comfortable.  Ingo, Kees, Brian,
>>> what do you think?
>>
>> Can you please leave the default as N, and have a sysctl option to
>> enable it instead?  While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going
>> to be the common case at all.  So from a distro perspective, I think
>> we'd probably rather have the default match the common case.
>
> Linus will say the default must not break existing userspace...

Yeah, I guess.  Which is weird when it's already N in his tree and
we're talking about a config option that is explicitly there to
disable things.  Something will be broken if it's toggled, but oh
well.

josh
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