linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64_defconfig: Normalize x86

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Date:   Tue, 3 Dec 2019 20:22:00 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...omium.org>,
        fabien.lahoudere@...labora.com,
        Guillaume Tucker <guillaume.tucker@...labora.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Alexey Brodkin <alexey.brodkin@...opsys.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64_defconfig: Normalize x86_64 defconfig

On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 09:15:12 +0800
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:

> Instead of keeping this known good config somewhere outside it should
> be just equal to defconfig. There is no point to trim it with
> savedefconfig and then later experience missing options (because some
> option was a dependency but now is not). Instead, all visible options
> (possible to select) should be explicitly defined by defconfig to
> avoid what happened with DEBUG_FS.

I totally agree.

-- Steve