linux-kernel - Re: x86 merge - a little feedback

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709122013230.22467@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:14:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: x86 merge - a little feedback


On Sep 11 2007 14:51, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> 
>> Will that cause people to compile test both? I have my doubts that 
>> will really work.
>
>If people don't compile-test both now, then why would they compile-test 
>things when merged?
>
>So no, that's not the point.
>
>But at least things like "grep" will work sanely, and people will be 
>*aware* that "Oh, this touches a file that may be used by the other 
>word-size".

Speaking of which, how does sparc/sparc64 handle things?




	Jan
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