linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Remove CONFIG_ARM

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Message-ID: <CAP9ODKrpde0tpRgoRMihvDur=ftQsT59h4Cqr3VQAOOimoSB1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:49:22 -0200
From:   Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...ystems.com.br>
To:     Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:     Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Remove CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND

Hello Fabio,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 6:30 PM Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 6:18 PM Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br> wrote:
> >
> > The setting is removed when running a `savedefconfig` using the
> > current setting set. It is being applied in preparation to some
>
> "setting set" is a bit confusing.
>
> > patches making changes to this defconfig.
>
> It would be good to mention that CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND is still selected
> automatically.
>
> Otherwise it may give the impression that such functionality is being removed.
>
> You could reword the commit log to something like this:
>
> CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND is removed when running  'savedefconfig', but it is
> still selected by the Kconfig logic.
> This is done in preparation to making further changes to this defconfig cleaner.

In fact, was removed and now selected.

I changed the commit log as:

ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Remove explicit ARM_UNWIND disable

CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND is removed when running 'savedefconfig', but
selected by the Kconfig logic.  This is done in preparation to making
further changes to this defconfig cleaner.

Do you agree?

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