From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A59BC433E7 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA1AB20776 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="QJrngtxm" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387769AbgJKMUb (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Oct 2020 08:20:31 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:44014 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387744AbgJKMUa (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Oct 2020 08:20:30 -0400 Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ec2f2354003014631d5e977466.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f23:5400:3014:631d:5e97:7466]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 866481EC0407; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:20:29 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1602418829; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=jixq01sMsKGEAuLRIcsPbYfdp2qRTUaRSujjQkfZrD4=; b=QJrngtxmGccgncJieutzXRRgh57jYJFX2eqlkYb2a5zwJuL34vTzGCdSwEuuYZKY/4+mqn 6TprJpeAoiTSq/L1zA9oDlbNU1Rbyk7V6JqJ6SYUN/A+5kHZkyuRVwZrB8UA0d+MoFJDr/ 7IqqZ7vW8a5NoTR9qVDilY+ORY93Om0= Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:20:20 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Enric Balletbo i Serra Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Collabora Kernel ML , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Diego Elio =?utf-8?Q?Petten=C3=B2?= , "H. Peter Anvin" , "Martin K. Petersen" , Nathan Chancellor , Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/x86_64_defconfig: Enable the serial console Message-ID: <20201011122020.GA15925@zn.tnic> References: <20201008162206.862203-1-enric.balletbo@collabora.com> <20201008164044.GE5505@zn.tnic> <4162cfa4-7bf2-3e6e-1b8c-e19187e6fa10@infradead.org> <2538da14-0f4b-5d4a-c7bf-6fdb46ba2796@collabora.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2538da14-0f4b-5d4a-c7bf-6fdb46ba2796@collabora.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 01:43:44PM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote: > We're also probably lacking a definition of what normal users mean, because I > don't think normal users build their own kernel. You'd be surprised. > I think that at least X86_AMD_PLATFORM_DEVICE and MFD_INTEL_LPSS_PCI > could be common enough to match within the category of needed to run > in normal (or common) user mode(s). I can send a patch with only these > two options. How do you quantify those things are common enough? > But, yes, the main purpose after this patch is the serial console for CI. I saw > that there are already some configs with a specific purpose (tiny.config and > xen.config). So, I am wondering if would be acceptable support another specific > config for CI (i.e kernelci.config). Will it be acceptable? Why does this config have to be upstream? Can't your build process supply it? Also, can your config be of any use outside of kernel CI? Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette