Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:53:26 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: defconfig: Enable zram, xfs and loading compressed FW support | From | Krzysztof Kozlowski <> |
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On 21/02/2024 16:51, Maxime Ripard wrote: >>> Sure, but you're not just arguing for XFS there. >>> >>> What I really don't get is this: this makes the life of people easier. >>> >>> Being able to test an upstream kernel quickly when you have a bug in a >>> downstream distro is super valuable for any distro developper. And on >>> the long run, if we don't make the switch from a kernel distro to a >>> mainline kernel relatively easy, we're the ones that will lose out. >>> Because people just won't bother, or be frustrated and thus super >>> reluctant to do that work. >> >> We had previously discussed adding config fragments for common >> distros the way we have kvm_guest.config, but if the Javier's >> patch is all that is actually needed for Fedora, that seems better >> to me than the added complexity of fragments. > > Oh, right. Fragments would be a great tool to reconcile the need for > minimal boot time and supporting reasonable use-cases. > > I guess it's even more of a struggle with the single arm64 defconfig vs > the minimal vs batteries included defconfig setup we had for arm.
It would be cool to group also all the per-SoC needs in dedicated fragments...
Best regards, Krzysztof
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