Re: [PATCH] x86/x86_64_defconfig: Enable the serial console

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 10/8/20 9:40 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 06:22:06PM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
>> As part of KernelCI, we added a bunch of different x86 based Chromebooks
>> to do test booting and runtime testing. It will be useful have serial
>> support for these platforms in the default defconfig, as this, is the
>> defconfig used by default for the different maintainer's tree.
>>
>> SERIAL_8250_DW is the actual support for the console, but to have
>> support we need to enable X86_AMD_PLATFORM_DEVICE for specific AMD
>> boards and MFD_INTEL for specific Intel boards.
>>
>> While here, also enable USB_RTL8152 config which enables a common
>> USB-Ethernet adapter used very commonly in the KernelCI labs.
> 
> To me defconfig sounds like the config which contains items which are
> needed on the majority of x86 hardware out there.

to run in normal (or common) user mode(s).

Nothing to do with automated testing like syzbot or CI IMO.

> Are those which you enable that common and if not, why can't your build
> supply a custom .config instead?

I suppose that we are lacking a definition of a defconfig, but again, IMO,
these Kconfig symbols don't meet the need for normal users.


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~Randy