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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2aad1cd14cc5..1f926e396ec1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1254,12 +1254,9 @@ config X86_VSYSCALL_EMULATION
Disabling this option saves about 7K of kernel size and
possibly 4K of additional runtime pagetable memory.
-choice
- prompt "IOPL"
- default X86_IOPL_EMULATION
-
config X86_IOPL_EMULATION
bool "IOPL Emulation"
+ default y
---help---
Legacy IOPL support is an overbroad mechanism which allows user
space aside of accessing all 65536 I/O ports also to disable
@@ -1269,22 +1266,8 @@ config X86_IOPL_EMULATION
The emulation restricts the functionality of the syscall to
only allowing the full range I/O port access, but prevents the
- ability to disable interrupts from user space.
-
-config X86_IOPL_LEGACY
- bool "IOPL Legacy"
- ---help---
- Allow the full IOPL permissions, i.e. user space access to all
- 65536 I/O ports and also the ability to disable interrupts, which
- is overbroad and can result in system lockups.
-
-config X86_IOPL_NONE
- bool "IOPL None"
- ---help---
- Disable the IOPL permission syscall. That's the safest option as
- no sane application should depend on this functionality.
-
-endchoice
+ ability to disable interrupts from user space which would be
+ granted if the hardware IOPL mechanism would be used.
config TOSHIBA
tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
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