linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Remove KERNEL

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Message-ID: <CAOMZO5CuxATFVYJqpQY1kfFCo9rquLu_P2HvqpUPfoMsy_i1cA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 May 2023 18:54:38 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br>
Cc:     shawnguo@...nel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Alistair Francis <alistair@...stair23.me>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Stefan Hansson <newbie13xd@...il.com>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...rgebyte.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Remove KERNEL_LZO config

Hi Otavio,

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 6:28 PM Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br> wrote:
>
> The KERNEL_GZIP is used in most config and is the default, there is no
> clear reason to diverge so let default be used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@...ystems.com.br>

CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO=y was introduced in 2011 by the following commit below:

06965c39b4c6 ("ARM i.MX5: update defconfig")

imx_v6_v7_defconfig and sdk7786_defconfig are the only defconfigs that
select CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO=y,
so it seems fine to remove it:

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>