[PATCH 0/5] configs: mediatek: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING

David Lechner dlechner at baylibre.com
Tue Apr 28 17:59:44 CEST 2026


On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:09:33 -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> configs: mediatek: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
> 
> Until recently, MediaTek defconfigs didn't set CONFIG_IDENT_STRING.
> mt8365 added this and then it was copied to some recently added
> defconfigs.
> 
> This is just appending extra text to the version string that gets
> printed, so it has no functional impact. To keep things consistent for
> all MediaTek defconfigs, let's just remove it from all of them. This
> also frees up the CONFIG_IDENT_STRING option for use by downstream users
> that may want to add their own custom string to the version output to
> help identify their custom builds.
> 
> [...]

Applied to mediatek-for-master, thanks!

[1/5] configs: mediatek: mt8365_evk: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
      commit: ba97dd5c107a844115b8b6a7f63c5e0b773204fb
[2/5] configs: mediatek: mt8370_genio_510_evk: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
      commit: 4c435a7ffb104ef4f13c6c29d784d6a6be247f1e
[3/5] configs: mediatek: mt8390_genio_700_evk: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
      commit: 9b471cb9b2e9c070d27b1ee6c7bd658f5289d31e
[4/5] configs: mediatek: mt8395_genio_1200_evk: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
      commit: eb1551fddc6b50e3053c850814d16d95cf542559
[5/5] configs: mediatek: mt8395_genio_1200_evk_ufs: remove CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
      commit: 95c06da44f83f5db523433d04b5518b4fe62f906

Best regards,
-- 
David Lechner <dlechner at baylibre.com>



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