boards: comment out CONFIG_DROPBEAR on all board configs#2157
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Pull request overview
This PR disables the Dropbear SSH server across board build configurations to avoid pulling/building an outdated Dropbear version (2016.74) that is currently failing to fetch/build, and it documents a future plan to investigate OpenSSH as a replacement.
Changes:
- Comment out
CONFIG_DROPBEAR=yacross board configs underboards/andunmaintained_boards/. - Add a TODO note in
modules/dropbearto track investigating an OpenSSH-based replacement (per issue #2156).
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| unmaintained_boards/UNTESTED_winterfell/UNTESTED_winterfell.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNTESTED_tioga/UNTESTED_tioga.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNTESTED_s2600wf/UNTESTED_s2600wf.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNTESTED_r630/UNTESTED_r630.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNTESTED_leopard/UNTESTED_leopard.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K2000m-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K2000m-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K2000m-hotp-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K2000m-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K1000m-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K1000m-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K1000m-hotp-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_w530-dgpu-K1000m-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_t530-dgpu-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_t530-dgpu-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_t530-dgpu-hotp-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_t530-dgpu-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_t520-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_t520-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_t520-hotp-maximized/UNMAINTAINED_t520-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_qemu-linuxboot/UNMAINTAINED_qemu-linuxboot.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_workstation/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_workstation.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_workstation-usb_keyboard/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_workstation-usb_keyboard.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_server/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_server.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| unmaintained_boards/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_server-whiptail/UNMAINTAINED_kgpe-d16_server-whiptail.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| modules/dropbear | Documents planned investigation of an OpenSSH replacement and current disabling of Dropbear in configs. |
| boards/UNTESTED_talos-2/UNTESTED_talos-2.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/UNTESTED_nitropad-ns50/UNTESTED_nitropad-ns50.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-prod/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-hotp/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-hotp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-prod/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-hotp/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-hotp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod/qemu-coreboot-whiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-prod/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-prod_quiet/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-prod_quiet.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod_quiet/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm2-hotp-prod_quiet.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-prod/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-prod_quiet/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-prod_quiet.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod_quiet/qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail-tpm1-hotp-prod_quiet.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/novacustom-v560tu/novacustom-v560tu.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/novacustom-v540tu/novacustom-v540tu.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/novacustom-nv4x_adl/novacustom-nv4x_adl.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_x230-maximized/EOL_x230-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_x230-maximized-fhd_edp/EOL_x230-maximized-fhd_edp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized-fhd_edp/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized-fhd_edp.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized_usb-kb/EOL_x230-hotp-maximized_usb-kb.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_w530-maximized/EOL_w530-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_w530-hotp-maximized/EOL_w530-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_UNTESTED_t530-maximized/EOL_UNTESTED_t530-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_UNTESTED_t530-hotp-maximized/EOL_UNTESTED_t530-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t480s-maximized/EOL_t480s-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t480s-hotp-maximized/EOL_t480s-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t480-maximized/EOL_t480-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t480-hotp-maximized/EOL_t480-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t430-maximized/EOL_t430-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_t430-hotp-maximized/EOL_t430-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010-maximized/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010-hotp-maximized/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010_TXT-maximized/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010_TXT-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010_TXT-hotp-maximized/EOL_optiplex-7010_9010_TXT-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_m900_tower-maximized/EOL_m900_tower-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
| boards/EOL_m900_tower-hotp-maximized/EOL_m900_tower-hotp-maximized.config | Disables Dropbear in this board config. |
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- Disables Dropbear SSH server across boards/ and unmaintained_boards/ by switching CONFIG_DROPBEAR=y to #CONFIG_DROPBEAR=y - Dropbear 2016.74 is failing to fetch/build and is outdated - TODO in modules/dropbear tracks investigating openssh_server as a replacement with GPG key compatibility for the SSH server role Signed-off-by: Thierry Laurion <insurgo@riseup.net>
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Aligns with upstream PR linuxboot#2157 (boards: comment out CONFIG_DROPBEAR on all board configs). Dropbear 2016.74 is too old and unused in current configurations; commented out to match the project-wide convention. Signed-off-by: Michael Gogiashvili <gogiaschvili@protonmail.com>
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fixes #2156