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

[Stas Sergeev]

02.09.2015 23:22, Josh Boyer ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 02.09.2015 20:46, Josh Boyer ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > > 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.
> > The fact that fedora doesn't package dosemu, doesn't automatically
> > mean all other distros do not too. Since when kernel defaults should
> > match the ones of fedora?
> I didn't say that.
What you said was:
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While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going
to be the common case at all.  So from a distro perspective

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... which is likely true only in fedora circe.

>    The default right now is N.
In a not yet released kernel, unless I am mistaken.
If fedora already provides that kernel, other distros likely not.

>    I asked it be left
> that way.  That's all.
Lets assume its not yet N, unless there was a kernel release already.
Its easy to get back if its not too late.
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