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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:05:46 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: remove superfluous CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 02:41:02PM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> The config HW_CONSOLE is always identical to the config VT and is not
> visible in the kernel's build menuconfig. So, CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE is
> redundant.
> 
> Replace all references to CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE with CONFIG_VT and remove
> CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
> ---
> I think this patch is best picked up by Greg rather than splitting it
> in smaller pieces for m68k, amiga keyboard, fbdev etc.
> 
> Greg, if that is fine, could you pick this for the next merge window?

Yes, the "next" one, it's too late for 6.8-rc1, sorry.

I'll look at it after -rc1 is out.

thanks,

greg k-h