On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:01:13 -0700, Kees Cook said: > This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is > almost always enabled by default (especially in distro builds). As agreed > during the Linux kernel summit, it should be removed. > > As such, this is the patch series for removing CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL, > with the hopes of all the various maintainers pulling these changes into > their trees. I'm carrying the first patch (that makes CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL > "default y") in my linux-next tree, so builds there will see the impact > immediately. Has anybody tested what happens if you're doing a git bisect that ends up crossing back and forth across the commit for this? I've been burned before when stuff evaporates out of my .config during a bisect when an option grows/loses a 'depends on' clause.