linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] defconfigs: cleanup obsolete MTD configs

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Date:	Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:54:28 +0200
From:	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...ballogic.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>,
	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>,
	Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@...panasonic.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-am33-list@...hat.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] defconfigs: cleanup obsolete MTD configs

> That's news for me. I thought they are silently ignored. Do you have an
> example of such a warning?

Not really. It was just assumption. It seems you are right, they are just
ignored silently. But item 2 is still relevant and it was actually confused
me when I tried to figure out MTD configuration for my platform.
Anyway, garbage should be taken out from time to time.

> Seems like the kind of change that can only be reviewed by a script.

Good point. Because these patches were done by script to start with.
Anyway, I reviewed result patches manually to be completely sure.
You can write verifying script though, if you need to, it wouldn't take
more than 2 minutes (it takes one-liner, actually).

> I seem to remember Greg stating that defconfig files are on their way
> out. Did I remember that correctly?

Maybe they are. But they still in place, and why it's so, we should
maintain them up-to-date. Ideally, this kind of work should be done by
someone who introduces changes into Kconfig files. So I just fixed
that oversight.
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