on disabling drivers that use non-Free firmware

[Richard M Stallman]

   patch will report and error, ask questions and confuse users.

Can we modify `patch' so that it doesn't annoy the user
about patches to removed drivers.

    Now, I'm not the only one affected by patch conflicts.

I do not understand why you speak of "conflicts" in this context.
What kind of "conflicts" result from deleting a file, and why, and how?

I do not know what Kconfig is, so I am unable to follow what you said
about that.