Hi Biju,
On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 at 17:26, Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 at 08:15, Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Enable various Renesas SoCs by default when ARCH_RENESAS is selected.
> > > > Adding default y if ARCH_RENESAS to the relevant configurations
> > > > removes the need to manually enable individual SoCs in defconfig files.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar
> > > > <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > Can we add this changes to newer devices for eg:RZ/T2H, RZ/V2N?
> > >
> > > So that previous devices, they don't need to patch this file:
> > >
> > > 1) If they want to do a standalone build for Image size optimization,
> > > just remove the unwanted SoCs from defconfig.
> > >
> > > 2) Debug some issues, some people just use defconfig from
> > > different kernel version to try it out.
> >
> > While defconfig files need an update, config files do not:
> > running "make oldconfig" does not enable support for extra SoCs.
>
> Thanks for the info. I haven't used oldconfig much.
I always use:
make oldconfig
make savedefconfig
diff arch/$ARCH/configs/$DEFCONFIG defconfig
to make sure nothing gets disabled by accident (e.g. when a select
statement is dropped from a Kconfig file).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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