Re: [PATCH] vt: remove superfluous CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Thu Jan 11 2024 - 02:21:50 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?
>
> I was also considering to rename config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING to
> VT_CONSOLE_BINDING, as the dependency is on VT, not HW_CONSOLE, but
> at the moment, that seemed more churn than value of clarification.
>
> arch/m68k/amiga/config.c | 2 +-
> drivers/input/keyboard/amikbd.c | 6 +++---

Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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Dmitry