Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: 8250: attempt to keep Kconfig and Makefile in order

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On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 02:55:38PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Regroup and sort alphabetically Kconfig and Makefile.

why?

> Kconfig is regroupped to contain:
> 
> 1) basic options, including generic drivers (PNP, PCI, OF, CS)
> 2) multi-port cards
> 3a) miscellaneous options
> 3b) drivers as a quirks of 8250_port.c
> 3c) optional drivers
> 
> Makefile is regroupped to contain:
> 1) 8250 driver
> 2) 8250_base set
> 3) basic options, generic drivers
> 4) multi-port card drivers
> 5) optional drivers
> 
> The names are sorted alphabetically inside each of the group.

While keeping things orderly is nice, I don't really see a benefit of
this patch.  It would only cause backports more problems, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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