linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/15] ARM: turn CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbMjRbn3D5T26FtfUPN16b-3BMHr4Teak-Cd8O=iufU0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 15:04:22 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>, 
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>, Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>, 
	"Jeremy J. Peper" <jeremy@...emypeper.com>, Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer.ericson@...il.com>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 
	Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@...aro.org>, Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>, 
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/15] ARM: turn CONFIG_ATAGS off by default

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:29 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Only a very small number of machines remain that rely on
> traditional board files with the ATAGS boot data instead
> of devicetree, and we have not accepted new ones for
> a decade.
>
> Most of the remaining ones are on their way out of the
> kernel, but the Kconfig option that controls ATAGS
> is still enabled by default.
>
> To reflect the actual status of ATAGS support and alert
> the remaining users of upstream and out-of-tree platforms
> with this, chanyge it to being default-disabled and
> add a dependency on CONFIG_EXPERT.
>
> The board specific defconfig files that rely on ATAGS
> are changed to turn on both EXPERT and ATAGS if they
> were not doing thath already, and the ones that explicitly
> turned it off before no longer need to.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

For:

>  arch/arm/configs/integrator_defconfig  |  1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/multi_v4t_defconfig   |  1 -
>  arch/arm/configs/netwinder_defconfig   |  2 ++

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij