kernel: split patches folder up into backport, pending and hack folders

* properly format/comment all patches
* merge debloat patches
* merge Kconfig patches
* merge swconfig patches
* merge hotplug patches
* drop 200-fix_localversion.patch - upstream
* drop 222-arm_zimage_none.patch - unused
* drop 252-mv_cesa_depends.patch - no longer required
* drop 410-mtd-move-forward-declaration-of-struct-mtd_info.patch - unused
* drop 661-fq_codel_keep_dropped_stats.patch - outdated
* drop 702-phy_add_aneg_done_function.patch - upstream
* drop 840-rtc7301.patch - unused
* drop 841-rtc_pt7c4338.patch - upstream
* drop 921-use_preinit_as_init.patch - unused
* drop spio-gpio-old and gpio-mmc - unused

Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 88 deletions

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/221-module_exports.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/221-module_exports.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2cad7a028..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/221-module_exports.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
---- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
-+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
-@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
- #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
- #endif
- 
-+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP
-+#define SYMTAB_KEEP KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab+*)))
-+#define SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)))
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifndef SYMTAB_DISCARD
-+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD
-+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD_GPL
-+#endif
-+
- #include <linux/export.h>
- 
- /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
-@@ -288,14 +298,14 @@
- 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
- 	__ksymtab         : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
- 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab) = .;			\
--		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab+*)))				\
-+		SYMTAB_KEEP						\
- 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab) = .;			\
- 	}								\
- 									\
- 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
- 	__ksymtab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
- 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
--		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)))				\
-+		SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL						\
- 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
- 	}								\
- 									\
-@@ -357,7 +367,7 @@
- 									\
- 	/* Kernel symbol table: strings */				\
-         __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
--		*(__ksymtab_strings)					\
-+		*(__ksymtab_strings+*)					\
- 	}								\
- 									\
- 	/* __*init sections */						\
-@@ -679,6 +689,8 @@
- 	EXIT_TEXT							\
- 	EXIT_DATA							\
- 	EXIT_CALL							\
-+	SYMTAB_DISCARD							\
-+	SYMTAB_DISCARD_GPL						\
- 	*(.discard)							\
- 	*(.discard.*)							\
- 	}
---- a/scripts/Makefile.build
-+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
-@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ targets += $(extra-y) $(MAKECMDGOALS) $(
- # Linker scripts preprocessor (.lds.S -> .lds)
- # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- quiet_cmd_cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@
--      cmd_cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -P -C -U$(ARCH) \
-+      cmd_cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(EXTRA_LDSFLAGS) $(cpp_flags) -P -C -U$(ARCH) \
- 	                     -D__ASSEMBLY__ -DLINKER_SCRIPT -o $@ $<
- 
- $(obj)/%.lds: $(src)/%.lds.S FORCE
---- a/include/linux/export.h
-+++ b/include/linux/export.h
-@@ -52,12 +52,19 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
- #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef MODULE
-+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)
-+#else
-+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym) "+" #sym
-+#endif
-+
- /* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
- #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)				\
- 	extern typeof(sym) sym;					\
- 	__CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)					\
- 	static const char __kstrtab_##sym[]			\
--	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \
-+	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"		\
-+	  __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)), aligned(1)))			\
- 	= VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(sym);				\
- 	extern const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym;	\
- 	__visible const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym	\