Re: [PATCH] vt: remove superfluous CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jan 08 2024 - 09:06:17 EST


On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 02:41:02PM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I think this patch is best picked up by Greg rather than splitting it
> in smaller pieces for m68k, amiga keyboard, fbdev etc.
>
> Greg, if that is fine, could you pick this for the next merge window?

Yes, the "next" one, it's too late for 6.8-rc1, sorry.

I'll look at it after -rc1 is out.

thanks,

greg k-h