From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Drew Fustini <fustini@kernel.org>,
soc@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: defconfig: Drop unused Ethernet vendors
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:11:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ed070807-d2dd-4f0b-9ba1-8d2c8c93c30e@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVH6-5ZAjTyF3m=wF5-XiSDqwcgRhZWxJv6y0FoCnk4MA@mail.gmail.com>
On 19/06/2026 12:12, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> +# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ACTIONS is not set
>> +# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ADAPTEC is not set
>> +# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_AGERE is not set
>> +# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ALACRITECH is not set
>> +# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ALLWINNER is not set
>
> [...]
>
> I am not sure this new policy is a good idea: none of this affects
I would not call it new policy. Just an idea which got accepted. :)
> actual kernel size, but it does increase defconfig size, and churn.
> E.g. for the m68k defconfig, I dropped all these disablements
> several years ago.
>
> I don't use menufconfig, so just my 2€c...
I understand, feedback accepted. Patch got merged, so you know...
To share my point: I don't edit defconfig by hand but through
menuconfig+savedefconfig, thus size of defconfig is acceptable to me
price to pay for smaller menuconfig choices.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-19 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-29 18:50 [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: defconfig: Cleanup and change Ethernet drivers Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-29 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] arm64: defconfig: Move entries to match savedefconfig Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-29 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: defconfig: Drop unused legacy netfilter options Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-29 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] arm64: defconfig: Drop default or selected drivers Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-04-29 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: defconfig: Drop unused Ethernet vendors Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-06-19 10:12 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-06-19 13:11 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2026-06-19 13:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-06-19 14:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-29 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: defconfig: Switch Ethernet drivers to modules Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-05-05 9:52 ` Linus Walleij
2026-05-06 18:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: defconfig: Cleanup and change Ethernet drivers Alexandre Belloni
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