From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
To: Narendra K <Narendra.K@dell.com>
Cc: linux-efi <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
Mario Limonciello <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ask user input only when CONFIG_X86 or CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is set to y
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 16:11:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu9_xX3RgDNGB=T83vhg_snMKe0F2YPKp1S2o2toNHHZZQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191002194346.GA3792@localhost.localdomain>
Hello Narendra,
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:44, <Narendra.K@dell.com> wrote:
>
> From: Narendra K <Narendra.K@dell.com>
>
> For the EFI_RCI2_TABLE kconfig option, 'make oldconfig' asks the user
> for input as it is a new kconfig option in kernel version 5.4. This patch
> modifies the kconfig option to ask the user for input only when CONFIG_X86
> or CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is set to y.
>
> The patch also makes EFI_RCI2_TABLE kconfig option depend on CONFIG_EFI.
>
> Signed-off-by: Narendra K <Narendra.K@dell.com>
> ---
> The patch is created on kernel version 5.4-rc1.
>
> Hi Ard, I have made following changes -
>
> - changed the prompt string from "EFI Runtime Configuration
> Interface Table Version 2 Support" to "EFI RCI Table Version 2 Support"
> as the string crossed 80 char limit.
>
> - added "depends on EFI" so that code builds only when CONFIG_EFI is
> set to y.
>
> - added 'default n' for ease of understanding though default is set to n.
>
None of these changes are necessary, tbh. 'depends on EFI' is implied
by the placement of the option, and default n is indeed the default.
> drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> index 178ee8106828..6e4c46e8a954 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> @@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ config RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
> reboots.
>
> config EFI_RCI2_TABLE
> - bool "EFI Runtime Configuration Interface Table Version 2 Support"
> + bool
> + prompt "EFI RCI Table Version 2 Support" if X86 || COMPILE_TEST
You can drop the || COMPILE_TEST as well.
> + depends on EFI
> + default n
> help
> Displays the content of the Runtime Configuration Interface
> Table version 2 on Dell EMC PowerEdge systems as a binary
> --
> 2.18.1
>
> --
> With regards,
> Narendra K
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-09 14:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-02 19:44 [PATCH] Ask user input only when CONFIG_X86 or CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is set to y Narendra.K
2019-10-09 14:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2019-10-10 17:47 ` Narendra.K
2019-10-10 18:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-10-11 9:43 ` Narendra.K
2019-10-11 10:01 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-10-11 12:55 ` Narendra.K
2019-10-12 17:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-10-13 19:08 ` Narendra.K
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