linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mips: delete duplication of BUILTIN

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Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 18:30:16 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Maksym Kokhan <maksym.kokhan@...ballogic.com>
CC:     "geert@...ux-m68k.org" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com" 
        <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Andrii Bordunov <andrew.bordunov@...il.com>,
        "linux-mips@...ux-mips.org" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mips: delete duplication of BUILTIN_DTB selection

Hi Maksym,

On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 05:29:40PM +0200, Maksym Kokhan wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > > > index 3551199..71d6549 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > > > +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > > > @@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ config MIPS_MALTA
> > > > >       select USE_OF
> > > > >       select LIBFDT
> > > > >       select ZONE_DMA32 if 64BIT
> > > > > -     select BUILTIN_DTB
> > > > >       select LIBFDT
> > > >
> > > >     LIBFDT seems duplicated too.
> > >
> > > Using random sort order doesn't help. Keep them sorted, please?
> >
> > We are going to deal with it in the separate patch.
> 
> Is it OK to leave this patch as it is and make another patch/patches
> for other changes or it would be better to modify it to remove
> duplication of LIBFDT too and sort this list of configs?

My preference would be that you remove all the duplicates as one patch,
then sort the selects alphabetically in a second patch. That should be
granular enough to make it easy to review, but not so fine-grained that
it becomes annoying.

Thanks,
    Paul