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

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:24:45 +0100
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.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>,
        uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: kill off GENERIC_IO option

Am Dienstag, 31. Oktober 2017, 20:34:35 CET schrieb Rob Herring:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Andrew, there's no clear owner for this, can you take it?

Well, I can take it via the UML since I maintain UML and MTD. :)

Thanks,
//richard