linux-kernel - Re: [RFC - GIT pull] first step to get rid of x86

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Message-ID: <20071025101831.GA28174@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:18:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC - GIT pull] first step to get rid of x86_64 and i386 dirs


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> Hi Ingo.
> 
> This is first step in getting rid of the two directories. I had to do 
> some very minor modifications in common files to let it work out - but 
> nothing really hackish.
> 
> If you & Thomas + hpa are OK with the changes they can be pulled from:
> 
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/x86.git
> 
> As this is mostly renames I have attached a git -M diff only.

wow, cool stuff!

> The remaining stuff is Kconfig files.
> 
> Before looking into these I am hoping someone could step in and make 
> the two Kconfig.debug files 100% equal - because then I can fix the 
> kconfig stuff and finally kill the two directories.

How about mechanically unifying them by adding:

	depends on X86_32

and:

	depends on X86_64

lines? Can you see any problem with such an approach?

	Ingo
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