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To:     Anand K Mistry <amistry@google.com>
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Add a prompt for HPET_EMULATE_RTC
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Date:   Mon, 03 May 2021 09:38:11 +0200
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On Thu, Apr 29 2021 at 16:00, Anand K. Mistry wrote:

> This does two things:
> 1. Makes the option visible in menuconfig, allowing the user to easily
>    disable this option
> 2. Allows olddefconfig to respect the option if it is set in the old
>    .config file

Well, it's pretty clear WHAT it does, but there is absolutely no
reasoning WHY this knob is needed in the first place.

Thanks,

        tglx