I don't have a strong opinion on whether we need a Kconfig prompt or not. Protection Keys has relatively little code associated with it, and it is not a heavyweight feature to keep enabled. However, I can imagine that folks would still appreciate being able to disable it. We will hide the prompt for now. --- b/arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/x86/Kconfig~pkeys-01-kconfig arch/x86/Kconfig --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig~pkeys-01-kconfig 2015-09-16 10:48:12.006999694 -0700 +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig 2015-09-16 10:48:12.010999875 -0700 @@ -1694,6 +1694,10 @@ config X86_INTEL_MPX If unsure, say N. +config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS + def_bool y + depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64 + config EFI bool "EFI runtime service support" depends on ACPI _ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>