linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] riscv: Move kernel mapping outside of linear mapping

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     schwab@...ux-m68k.org
CC:     linux@...ck-us.net, alex@...ti.fr, corbet@....net,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        aryabinin@...tuozzo.com, glider@...gle.com, dvyukov@...gle.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject:     Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] riscv: Move kernel mapping outside of linear mapping

On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:14:48 PDT (-0700), schwab@...ux-m68k.org wrote:
> On Jun 16 2021, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>
>> This seems a long way off from defconfig.  It's entirly possible I'm
>> missing something, but at least CONFIG_SOC_VIRT is jumping out as
>> something that's disabled in the SUSE config but enabled upstream.
>
> None of the SOC configs are really needed, they are just convenience.
> They can even be harmful, if they force a config to y if m is actually
> wanted.  Which is what happens with SOC_VIRT, which forces
> RTC_DRV_GOLDFISH to y.

Ya, in retrospect the SOC configs were really just a bad idea.  I think 
we've talked about removing them before as they break stuff, I just 
haven't gotten around to doing it.