Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] xen: Allow EXPERT mode to be selected from the menuconfig directly

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] xen: Allow EXPERT mode to be 
selected from the menuconfig directly"):
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 3:50 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well, if I'm not mis-remembering it was on purpose to make it more
> > difficult for people to declare themselves "experts". FAOD I'm not
> > meaning to imply I don't see and accept the frustration aspect you
> > mention further up. The two need to be carefully weighed against
> > one another.

Yes, it was on purpose.  However, I had my doubts at the time and
I think experience has shown that this was a mistake.

> I don’t think we need to make it difficult for people to declare
> themselves experts, particularly as “all” it means at the moment is,
> “Can build something which is not security supported”.  People who
> are building their own hypervisors are already pretty well advanced;
> I think we can let them shoot themselves in the foot if they want
> to.

Precisely.

Ian.