Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: configs: keystone: Remove this defconfig

From: Nishanth Menon
Date: Wed Jan 24 2024 - 11:41:39 EST


On 10:28-20240124, Andrew Davis wrote:
> TI Keystone devices can and should use the common multi-v7 defconfig.
> Currently it is not clear which defconfig should be used and so config
> options for Keystone boards are added to either both defconfigs, or only
> one or the other. As nice as it is to have a config just for this platform
> it is a maintenance burden. As it is not used by generic distros it is not
> very useful to continue to maintain. Remove this defconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig | 238 ----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 238 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig
>

There are a bunch of downstream folks who will have recipe fails etc if
we do that. I am not sure we need to go down that route.

I know we had intent on multi_v7_defconfig -> but as far as I recollect,
at least during armv7 it did'nt exactly pan out as it did on armv8.

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