* Kirill A. Shutemov <kir...@shutemov.name> wrote:
> > Or, could we keep MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS constant, and introduce a _different_
> > constant
> > that is dynamic, and which could be used in the cases where the 5-level
> > paging
> > config causes too much memory footprint in the common 4-level paging case?
>
> This is more labor intensive case with unclear benefit.
>
> Dynamic MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS doesn't cause any issue in waste majority of
> cases.
Almost nothing uses it - and even in those few cases it caused problems.
Making a variable that 'looks' like a constant macro dynamic in a rare Kconfig
scenario is asking for trouble.
Thanks,
Ingo
