[J][PATCH 1/1] UBUNTU: [Config] Deactivate CONFIG_QETH_OSX kernel config option

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Feb 21 17:39:25 UTC 2022


Instead of removing the policy I suggest setting it to 'n' or '-' and 
adding a note so that we remember _why_ that config option was disabled.

rtg

On 2/18/22 02:29, frank.heimes at canonical.com wrote:
> From: Frank Heimes <frank.heimes at canonical.com>
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1959890
> 
> The hardware generation that used OSX devices (OSA-Express for zBX)
> is obsolete now. Therefore, IBM pulls the support from all Linux distros
> going forward.
> Hence the deactivation of the CONFIG_QETH_OSX kernel config option
> for jammy and onwards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Heimes <frank.heimes at canonical.com>
> ---
>   debian.master/config/annotations               | 1 -
>   debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu      | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/debian.master/config/annotations b/debian.master/config/annotations
> index 607bad877400..6e9a2294eda3 100644
> --- a/debian.master/config/annotations
> +++ b/debian.master/config/annotations
> @@ -6575,7 +6575,6 @@ CONFIG_ISM                                      mark<ENFORCED> note<LP:1789934>
>   CONFIG_QETH                                     policy<{'s390x': 'm'}>
>   CONFIG_QETH_L2                                  policy<{'s390x': 'm'}>
>   CONFIG_QETH_L3                                  policy<{'s390x': 'm'}>
> -CONFIG_QETH_OSX                                 policy<{'s390x': 'y'}>
>   
>   # Menu: Device Drivers >> Network device support >> SLIP (serial line) support
>   CONFIG_SLIP                                     policy<{'amd64': 'm', 'arm64': 'm', 'armhf': 'm', 'ppc64el': 'm', 's390x': 'n'}>
> diff --git a/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu b/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> index df22334a337b..4ea58ad6f4d8 100644
> --- a/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> +++ b/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> @@ -8479,7 +8476,7 @@ CONFIG_QED_SRIOV=y
>   CONFIG_QETH=m
>   CONFIG_QETH_L2=m
>   CONFIG_QETH_L3=m
> -CONFIG_QETH_OSX=y
> +# CONFIG_QETH_OSX is not set
>   CONFIG_QE_GPIO=y
>   CONFIG_QE_TDM=y
>   CONFIG_QE_USB=y

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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc



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