diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig
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+CONFIG_ATH79=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_AP121=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_AP81=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_DB120=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_PB44=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_UBNT_XM=y
+CONFIG_HZ_100=y
+# CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
+CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
+CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
+# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
+# CONFIG_AIO is not set
+CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+# CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
+# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
+# CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ is not set
+CONFIG_PCI=y
+# CONFIG_SUSPEND is not set
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
+CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
+# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
+CONFIG_CFG80211=m
+CONFIG_MAC80211=m
+CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS=y
+CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
+CONFIG_MTD=y
+CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS=y
+CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK=-2
+CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
+CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CFI=y
+CONFIG_MTD_JEDECPROBE=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CFI_AMDSTD=y
+CONFIG_MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS=y
+CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
+CONFIG_MTD_M25P80=y
+# CONFIG_M25PXX_USE_FAST_READ is not set
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+# CONFIG_NET_PACKET_ENGINE is not set
+CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
+CONFIG_ATH9K=m
+CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB=y
+CONFIG_INPUT=m
+# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set
+# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD is not set
+CONFIG_KEYBOARD_GPIO_POLLED=m
+# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
+CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
+# CONFIG_SERIO is not set
+# CONFIG_VT is not set
+# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set
+# CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PCI is not set
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=1
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=1
+CONFIG_SERIAL_AR933X=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_AR933X_CONSOLE=y
+# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+# CONFIG_I2C_COMPAT is not set
+# CONFIG_I2C_HELPER_AUTO is not set
+CONFIG_I2C_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SPI_ATH79=y
+CONFIG_SPI_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_PCF857X=y
+# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
+CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
+CONFIG_ATH79_WDT=y
+# CONFIG_VGA_ARB is not set
+# CONFIG_HID is not set
+# CONFIG_USB_HID is not set
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
+# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED is not set
+CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO=y
+# CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set
+# CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR is not set
+# CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
+CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
+# CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
+# CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
+CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
+# CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG is not set
+CONFIG_CRC_ITU_T=m