linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code

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Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:44:00 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> x86-32 is clumsy though.  "Original name that stuck" is perfectly legitimate, 
> and having multiple names for the same thing is always worse then having 
> slightly imperfect names.

But at least for Kconfigs X86-32 is the name that is much more common:

 triton:~/tip> make ARCH=i386 allmodconfig
 triton:~/tip> grep _386 .config
 triton:~/tip> grep _X86_32 .config
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
 CONFIG_X86_32_SMP=y
 CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS=y
 CONFIG_X86_32_NON_STANDARD=y
 CONFIG_X86_32_IRIS=m

So I'd go with that.

Also, since we have 'x86-64', not Not sure I'd consider 'x86-32' clumsy.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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