linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: source all tty/*/Kconfig files from tty/Kconfig

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Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2020 08:19:54 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: source all tty/*/Kconfig files from tty/Kconfig

On 06. 03. 20, 0:45, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> 'source' (include) all of the tty/*/Kconfig files from
> drivers/tty/Kconfig instead of from drivers/char/Kconfig.
> This consolidates them both in source code and in menu
> presentation to the user.
> 
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> ---
> Follows [PATCH] char: group some /dev configs together and un-split tty configs
> as [PATCH 2/2], where [PATCH (1/2)] is here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4e90d9af-c1ec-020f-b66b-a5a02e7fbe59@infradead.org/
> 
> 
>  drivers/char/Kconfig |    5 -----
>  drivers/tty/Kconfig  |    6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-next-20200304.orig/drivers/char/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20200304/drivers/char/Kconfig
> @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ menu "Character devices"
>  
>  source "drivers/tty/Kconfig"
>  
> -source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
> -source "drivers/tty/serdev/Kconfig"
> -
>  config TTY_PRINTK
>  	tristate "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"
>  	depends on EXPERT && TTY
> @@ -94,8 +91,6 @@ config PPDEV
>  
>  	  If unsure, say N.
>  
> -source "drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig"
> -
>  config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
>  	tristate "Virtio console"
>  	depends on VIRTIO && TTY
> --- linux-next-20200304.orig/drivers/tty/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20200304/drivers/tty/Kconfig
> @@ -478,3 +478,9 @@ config LDISC_AUTOLOAD
>  	  only set the default value of this functionality.
>  
>  endif # TTY
> +
> +source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
> +
> +source "drivers/tty/serdev/Kconfig"
> +
> +source "drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig"

Maybe sort them alphabetically? That way, you could move the hvc/Kconfig
and serial/Kconfig inside the if-endif above and remove the whole-file
if-TTYs in the 2.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs