linux-kernel - Re: config automatically switches from 32-bit to 64-bit for x86

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 29 May 2010 22:49:25 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: config automatically switches from 32-bit to 64-bit for x86

Hello Sam and Américo,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 03:37:00AM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>> Hello Sam,
>>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:49:16AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> >> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 05:37:36AM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am trying to build 32 bit kernel image on 64-bit machine but after
>> >> > 'make menuconfig' it automatically switches 32-bit to 64-bit.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this a BUG or did intentionally.
>> >>
>> >> I think it's intentional, but I'm really annoyed by this behaviour.
>> >
>> > The request when we did the merge of 32 and 64 bit was that we
>> > should continue to build 64bit kernels on 64 bit machines.
>> > And likewise for 32bit.
>> > Because this was what the users where used to.
>> >
>> > We could simplify metters by defining new rules.
>> > As you suggest that uname on an intel box always resulted in ARCH=x86.
>> > But then people would complain why a 32 bit kernel is default when
>> > the box is 64 bit.
>> >
>> > Something like this:
>> > [The escape chars align nicely in the patched Makefile]
>> >
>> >        Sam
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> > index ebc8225..e7f97a5 100644
>> > --- a/Makefile
>> > +++ b/Makefile
>> > @@ -161,10 +161,11 @@ export srctree objtree VPATH
>> >  # then ARCH is assigned, getting whatever value it gets normally, and
>> >  # SUBARCH is subsequently ignored.
>> >
>> > -SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
>> > -                                 -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
>> > +SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/        \
>> > +                                 -e s/sun4u/sparc64/                    \
>> > +                                 -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/        \
>> >                                  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
>> > -                                 -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
>> > +                                 -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/  \
>> >                                  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ )
>> >
>> >  # Cross compiling and selecting different set of gcc/bin-utils
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Thanks, this patch fixes the issue. Now 'make menuconfig' is following .config.
>
> If you think this is the right way to do things you can take it up
> with the x86 maintainers.
>
> Although the patch touches only a generic file this is x86 specific.
>

Américo Wang, Do you mind handle this kconfig patch.

Thanks,
--
Jaswinder Singh.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/