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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
To: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Subject: Re: BPF in linux-libre
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Hey,

> +(define-public linux-libre-with-bpf
> +  (make-linux-libre* linux-libre-5.4-version
> +                     linux-libre-5.4-source
> +                     '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armhf-linux" "aarch64-linux" "riscv64-linux")
> +                     #:extra-version "bpf"
> +                     #:configuration-file kernel-config
> +                     #:extra-options
> +                     (append %bpf-extra-linux-options
> +                             %default-extra-linux-options)))
> +

What would be the drawbacks of enabling BPF in the default linux-libre
kernel?

Thanks,

Mathieu