linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Convert WAR defines to config options

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Message-ID: <84cce4f0-8a7a-4421-c6f3-764999c985d6@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:37:59 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Convert WAR defines to config options

On 8/24/20 10:28 AM, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:10:07AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 8/24/20 9:32 AM, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
>>> This patches convert workaround (WAR) defines into config options and
>>> gets rid of mach-*/war.h files.
>>
>> Most (all but octeon?) of those platforms are not particularly popular
>> or widespread, but is not this going to make it harder for distributions
>> and people doing CI by having an explosion in the number of
>> configurations to test?
> 
> all options are only selected by arch/mips/Kconfig, so nothing should
> change for any CI.

OK, had missed that part, thanks.
-- 
Florian