Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] firmware: Rename google firmware directory to coreboot
Julius Werner <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:39:10 -0700
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> Keep the existing CONFIG_GOOGLE_* symbols to avoid user configuration > churn in this mechanical move. Is this standard kernel development practice? It seems a bit weird to me to leave the config symbols mismatching the directory structure and actual meaning of the setting. How long would we leave them mismatched like this, forever? If you want to prevent user config churn, an alternative option would be to provide the old symbol names as transitional options, like this: menuconfig COREBOOT_FIRMWARE bool "coreboot firmware drivers" default n ... if COREBOOT_FIRMWARE config COREBOOT_CBMEM ... ... endif #COREBOOT_FIRMWARE # Deprecated symbol names, do not use menuconfig GOOGLE_FIRMWARE bool transitional select COREBOOT_FIRMWARE config GOOGLE_CBMEM bool transitional select COREBOOT_CBMEM ...