From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> Amends: 37339ba9ef46 ("automation: Remove XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT leftovers") Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> --- INSTALL | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -XXX,XX +XXX,XX @@ small subset of the options. Attempts to change other options will be silently overridden. The only way to find which configuration options are available is to run `make menuconfig' or the like. -You can counter-override this behaviour by setting XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT=y -in your environment. However, doing this is not supported and the +You can counter-override this behaviour by setting CONFIG_EXPERT=y +in your Kconfig file. However, doing this is not supported and the resulting configurations do not receive security support. If you set this variable there is nothing stopping you setting dangerously experimental combinations of features - not even any warnings. -- 2.52.0 From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> Remove XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT explanation and also correct information in the entire "Xen Hypervisor" section. Amends: 37339ba9ef46 ("automation: Remove XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT leftovers") Suggested-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> --- Changes since v2: - Applied suggested edits to the entire section suggested by Stefano - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20260116030842.415583-2-dmukhin@ford.com/ --- INSTALL | 19 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -XXX,XX +XXX,XX @@ Xen Hypervisor Xen itself is configured via a `kconfig' system borrowed from Linux. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.4/kbuild/. -Note that unlike with Linux, and contrary to that document, you cannot -look at Kconfig files, or the default or generated config files etc., -to find available configuration options. This is because it is only -supported (and security supported) by the Xen Project, to change a -small subset of the options. Attempts to change other options will be -silently overridden. The only way to find which configuration options -are available is to run `make menuconfig' or the like. - -You can counter-override this behaviour by setting XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT=y -in your environment. However, doing this is not supported and the -resulting configurations do not receive security support. If you set -this variable there is nothing stopping you setting dangerously -experimental combinations of features - not even any warnings. +Only a subset of options is supported or security-supported by Xen +Project. You can explore all available options, including unsupported +ones and those recommended only for expert users, by using `make +menuconfig` and enabling `CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED` and/or `CONFIG_EXPERT`. +However, enabling these options is not supported, and configurations +resulting from them do not receive security support. Options recognized by configure =============================== -- 2.52.0