linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] arm: remove EISA kconfig option

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAT+gHJcxhb=ufzzHHcfWqNOAJXaOAp2aJP9dGYxBkqQFw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:38:20 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     mporter@...nel.crashing.org, Alex Bounine <alex.bou9@...il.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, Linux-MIPS <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] arm: remove EISA kconfig option

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:06 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> No arm config enables EISA, and arm does not include drivers/eisa/Kconfig
> which provides support for things like PCI to EISA bridges, so it is most
> likely dead.

As I said before, this is absolutely dead.

Only the difference between arch/powerpc/Kconfig and arch/arm/Kconfig
is the presence of ---help--- property.


I squashed this to "eisa: consolidate EISA ..."


> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 15 ---------------
>  1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 91be74d8df65..f24a7435d19a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -163,21 +163,6 @@ config HAVE_PROC_CPU
>  config NO_IOPORT_MAP
>         bool
>
> -config EISA
> -       bool
> -       ---help---
> -         The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
> -         developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
> -
> -         The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
> -         bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
> -         the older ISA bus.  The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
> -         1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
> -
> -         Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
> -
> -         Otherwise, say N.
> -
>  config SBUS
>         bool
>
> --
> 2.19.1
>


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada