Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: defconfig: Drop unused Ethernet vendors

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2026, at 15:11, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 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. :)

I think when we originally added the CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_xxx symbols,
the idea would be that we would one day change them to
default-disabled, but that never happened, and generally causes
more problems than it solves.

      Arnd