Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL config item has not carried much meaning for a
while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the
Linux kernel summit, remove it from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.

CC: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
CC: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
CC: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
CC: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
CC: Richard L Maliszewski <richard.l.maliszewski@intel.com>
CC: Gang Wei <gang.wei@intel.com>
CC: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>
CC: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index eee71426ecb8..22e0bd1adf25 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -1185,13 +1185,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if
-     <symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a
-     warning to users.  There many other fancy things you can do: see
-     the various <filename>Kconfig</filename> files for ideas.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
      In your description of the option, make sure you address both the
      expert user and the user who knows nothing about your feature.  Mention
      incompatibilities and issues here.  <emphasis> Definitely
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 4ee4ba3509fc..f77358f96930 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -94,10 +94,8 @@
   <sect1 id="CompileKGDB">
     <title>Kernel config options for kgdb</title>
     <para>
-    To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should first turn on
-    "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
-    (CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL) in  "General setup", then under the
-    "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
+    To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should look under
+    "Kernel debugging" and select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
     </para>
     <para>
     While it is not a hard requirement that you have symbols in your