linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: kill off GENERIC

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:23:44 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: kill off GENERIC_IO option

Am Dienstag, 17. Oktober 2017, 00:16:31 CEST schrieb Rob Herring:
> The GENERIC_IO option is set for every architecture except tile and score
> as those define NO_IOMEM. The option only controls visibility of
> CONFIG_MTD which doesn't appear to be necessary for any reason, so let's
> just remove GENERIC_IO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
> Cc: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
> Cc: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>
> Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Cc: user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Cc: linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
> ---
>  arch/um/Kconfig.common | 1 -
>  drivers/mtd/Kconfig    | 1 -
>  lib/Kconfig            | 4 ----
>  3 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Thanks,
//richard