> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Ashfield <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2026 03:26
> To: Liu, Yongxin <[email protected]>
> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [linux-yocto][yocto-kernel-cache][yocto-6.18/master][PATCH]
> features/iommu: add CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
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> In message: RE: [linux-yocto][yocto-kernel-cache][yocto-6.18/master][PATCH]
> features/iommu: add CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m on 18/02/2026 Liu, Yongxin wrote:
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 22:03
> > > To: Liu, Yongxin <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re:
> > > [linux-yocto][yocto-kernel-cache][yocto-6.18/master][PATCH]
> > > features/iommu: add CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
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> > > [[linux-yocto][yocto-kernel-cache][yocto-6.18/master][PATCH]
> > > features/iommu: add CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m] On 16/02/2026 (Mon 18:19)
> > > Yongxin Liu via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Yongxin Liu <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > Dependency of CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA on CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD
> > > > was added in kernel commit
> > > > cb3db5a39e2a6b6396df1780d39a250f649d2e3a
> > > > ("iommu/vt-d: Set INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA depend on BLK_DEV_FD").
> > > >
> > > > Fix the following warning:
> > > >
> > > >     [NOTE]: 'CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA' last val (y) and
> > > > .config val
> > > (n) do not match
> > > >     [INFO]: CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA : n
> > >
> > > Might I suggest an alternate solution?  It is 2026, not 1996.
> > > Rather than add more instances of enabling the floppy driver, we
> > > instead go through and remove any instances of enabling the floppy
> > > driver in all current (and hence future) config fragments.  And in
> > > turn, delete the INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA setting too.
> >
> >
> > Thanks Paul for your review.
> > I have no preference; either solution works fine for me.
> >
> > @[email protected], which solution do you prefer?
> 
> Let's remove it. Since no one has complained about the warning, we'll
> assume it is unused. And even if it is used, it can be carried somewhere
> else as a config.

Got it. I will send a new patch.


Thanks,
Yongxin

> 
> Bruce
> 
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yongxin
> >
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > > --
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