linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 000/493] remove CONFIG

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:28:00 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 000/493] remove CONFIG_HOTPLUG as an option

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 09:27:09PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, November 19, 2012 12:01:49 PM Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:55:56AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 07:19:10PM -0500, Bill Pemberton wrote:
> > > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is no longer an optional setting.  In order to remove
> > > > it as on option code paths that check CONFIG_HOTPLUG will removed
> > > > along with the attributes __devexit_p, __devexit, __devinitconst, and
> > > > __devinitdata.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll save the list from the mailbomb of this huge patchset.  The
> > > > patches themselves are going to Greg KH for the driver core tree.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > _iff_ we are going to do this I'd prefer pushing input pieces through my
> > > tree to limit clashes with other work.
> > 
> > That's fine with me.  I'll ignore any drivers/input/ patches then, is
> > that ok?
> 
> Please do the same for PM/ACPI.

Ok, will do.

> Do I need to pull anything for those patches to compile without problems?

Nope, it's just the removal of a symbol, that for 3.7, is defined away
to be an empty string anyway :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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