Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: cleanup Kconfig entry

From: Nathan Chancellor

Date: Thu Nov 12 2026 - 12:24:55 EST


On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 04:48:26PM +0000, Julian Braha wrote:
> 'scripts/config' provides a CLI for kernel configuration, but currently is
> not included in any MAINTAINERS entry, despite the commit that created it
> using the 'kconfig:' subject:
> commit 8e54701ea85b ("kconfig: add script to manipulate .config files on the command line")
> so let's add it to the Kconfig entry.
>
> Additionally, 'scripts/Kconfig.toolchain' is used for checking various
> aspects of the active build toolchain from the host environment. It's
> merely written in Kconfig, and is not really part of Kconfig's
> implementation. Let's move it into the Kbuild entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 93abbb315065..245bbfed8122 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -14374,8 +14374,8 @@ S: Odd Fixes
> Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/list/
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git
> F: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig*
> +F: scripts/config
> F: scripts/Kconfig.include
> -F: scripts/Kconfig.toolchain
> F: scripts/kconfig/
>
> KCORE
> @@ -14451,6 +14451,7 @@ F: Documentation/kbuild/
> F: Makefile
> F: scripts/*vmlinux*
> F: scripts/Kbuild*
> +F: scripts/Kconfig.toolchain
> F: scripts/Makefile*
> F: scripts/bash-completion/
> F: scripts/basic/
> --
> 2.56.0
>

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Cheers,
Nathan