On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Kees Cook wrote:
> The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL config item has not carried much meaning for a
> while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the
> Linux kernel summit, remove it from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com>
> Cc: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rat...@oracle.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
>  - drop EXPERIMENTAL from bool and help text too.
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/Kconfig |    8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> index 93ff4e1..6c5802f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ config XEN_DEBUG_FS
>         Enabling this option may incur a significant performance overhead.
>  
>  config XEN_X86_PVH
> -     bool "Support for running as a PVH guest (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> -     depends on X86_64 && XEN && EXPERIMENTAL
> +     bool "Support for running as a PVH guest"
> +     depends on X86_64 && XEN
>       default n
>       help
>          This option enables support for running as a PVH guest (PV guest
>          using hardware extensions) under a suitably capable hypervisor.
> -        This option is EXPERIMENTAL because the hypervisor interfaces
> -        which it uses is not yet considered stable therefore backwards and
> -        forwards compatibility is not yet guaranteed.  If unsure, say N.
> +        If unsure, say N.

Please do not change the text this way.
The fact that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is going away it doesn't change the
fact that this feature is experimental.
Maybe you want to replace EXPERIMENTAL with experimental, or if
experimental has become as taboo word, I am sure you can find a suitable
synonym.
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