Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86/bugs: Remove MDS command line

[Daniel Sneddon]

On 9/24/24 15:34, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 9/24/24 15:31, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
>> -	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
>> -			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
>> -			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
> 
> As much as I'd love to remove old code, won't this surprise users if we
> just take this away?
> 
> I suspect the _least_ we can do is warn folks if they use something that
> we recently ripped out.  But the right thing is probably to keep the old
> one around for at least a while. <sigh>

True. I can leave the functionality but print a message basically saying "Don't
use this use the new one".

Thanks,
Dan