linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/config: Make the x86 defconfigs a bit more usable

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Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:12:29 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Ingo Molnar' <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Will Deacon" <will@...nel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/config: Make the x86 defconfigs a bit more usable

From: Ingo Molnar
> Sent: 24 March 2022 08:31
...
> But beyond the WERROR oversight, bitrot has gotten to defconfig a bit - see
> attached patch. My test scripts usually enable these - but it's better to
> formalize it.

Yes, it would be nice if it booted on a 'typical' PC system.
These are a lot less variable than they used to be.

But there are a few ethernet drivers and things like USB disk
support that are somewhat useful.

Typical 'distro' kernels contain a lot of things most
people don't need - especially a lot of modules.
It'd be nice to have somewhere else to start from.

	David

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