Message ID | 20220712120447.355124-1-emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com |
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Headers | show |
Series | Align RISC-V config with other archs | expand |
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 02:04:31PM +0200, Emil Renner Berthing wrote: > [Impact] > > * Some drivers are available on other architectures but not on RISC-V. > > * Some things might work or look differently in RISC-V. > Eg. RISC-V has an additional terminal font enabled. > > * The RISC-V kernel benefits less from testing done on other > architectures. > > [Test Plan] > > * Install the kernel on RISC-V and see what modules and features are > enabled. > > * After aligning the RISC-V kernel config there should be fewer > differences to other architectures. > > [Where problems could occur] > > * Some options that are disabled on other architectures may be needed > on RISC-V. > > * Some modules or features may be broken on RISC-V. > > [Other Info] > > * When RISC-V config and annotations were added to the generic kernel > the config was copied from the linux-riscv tree without modifications. > This revealed a lot of differences to the other architectures and many > of them were not annotated, so presumably the configs had just drifted > apart over time. Applied to kinetic:linux. Thanks, -Andrea