linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: remove superfluous CONFIG_HW

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Message-ID: <87y1czdi7k.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:15:43 +0100
From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
 linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Dmitry
 Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, Geert Uytterhoeven
 <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Lukas Bulwahn
 <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: remove superfluous CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE

Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> writes:

Hello Lukas,

> The config HW_CONSOLE is always identical to the config VT and is not
> visible in the kernel's build menuconfig. So, CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE is
> redundant.
>
> Replace all references to CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE with CONFIG_VT and remove
> CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
> ---

Makes sense to me.

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat