Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: drop four symbols that no longer exist

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 11/11/2026 21:29, TAKANO Mitsuhiro wrote:
> None of these symbols exists any more, so the lines look like options that
> can still be chosen:
> 
>   NFS_V4_1                  folded into NFS_V4 (7537db24806f, 2025-12-04)
>   SLIM_QCOM_CTRL            driver removed     (7cbba32a2d62, 2025-09-12)
>   NET_VENDOR_PACKET_ENGINES vendor removed     (aec3202247b4, 2026-04-22)
>   SCHED_DEBUG               option removed     (b52173065e0a, 2025-03-17)
> 
> Three of the lines went stale when their symbol disappeared.  The Ethernet
> line was added by commit 32379ad4060b ("arm64: defconfig: Drop unused
> Ethernet vendors") on 2026-04-29, a week after the packetengines vendor
> directory had been removed, so it was stale from the start.
> 

Nothing below is suitable for git commit, drop.

> Scanning every Kconfig definition in the tree leaves no other stale line
> in this file.  Similar leftovers remain in other architectures'
> defconfigs; those are not touched here.
> 
> Mikko Rapeli sent a patch for the SLIM_QCOM_CTRL line in December 2025,
> and Vincent Mailhol's "configs: cleanup obsolete or incorrect assignments"
> series carried the NFS_V4_1 and SLIM_QCOM_CTRL lines in March 2026; both
> submissions are still unmerged.  This patch covers all four lines and
> would supersede those hunks; I am happy to drop the corresponding hunk if
> either author would rather keep their own.
> 
> Tested as configuration text only: "make ARCH=arm64 defconfig" on v7.4-rc2
> with and without this change gives a byte-identical .config, and "make
> savedefconfig" emits none of the four lines.  No kernel was built or
> booted from this change.
> 
> The change and the changelog text were produced with an AI coding
> assistant (Hermes Agent, model deepseek-v4.1-flash) working from the tree

This goes to changelog, not commit msg, so under ---.

> and the git history.  I reviewed the diff and the reasoning, and I am
> responsible for the submission.

Not suitable for git log.



Best regards,
Krzysztof