linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] kernel/configs: Drop Android config fragments

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:15:15 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@...aro.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] kernel/configs: Drop Android config fragments

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 06:04:09PM +0000, John Stultz wrote:
> In the old days where each device had a custom kernel, the
> android config fragments were useful to provide the required
> and reccomended options expected by userland.
> 
> However, these days devices are expected to use the GKI kernel,
> so these config fragments no longer needed, and out of date, so
> they seem to only cause confusion.
> 
> So lets drop them. If folks are curious what configs are
> expected by the Android environment, check out the gki_defconfig
> file in the latest android common kernel tree.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Cc: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@...aro.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: kernel-team@...roid.com
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                               |   5 -
>  kernel/configs/android-base.config        | 159 ----------------------
>  kernel/configs/android-recommended.config | 127 -----------------
>  3 files changed, 291 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 kernel/configs/android-base.config
>  delete mode 100644 kernel/configs/android-recommended.config

Yeah!

I'll be glad to take this if I can get some acks.

thanks for doing this.

greg k-h