linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] kill i386 and x86

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:14:37 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kill i386 and x86_64 directories

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:56:44PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> This series kill the old i386 and x86_64 directories.
> The relevant files are moved and adapted and
> Kconfig.debug was consolidated (thanks to Randy).
> 
> I had to modify both the top-lvel Makefile and the kconfig
> Makefile to accomplish this. It was done in such a way that
> it is trivial for other archs to use the same mechanism
> should they have the need.
> 
> To solve the defconfig issue (i386 and x86_64 cannot share one)
> the arch/x86/configs/ directory were introduced. This has
> been used by other archs for some time now but x86 had not had
> the need until now.
> 
> The Kconfig files could be consolidated much more - I only
> did the minimal changes to make it work in the new place.
> 
> Total diffstat (in git format):
> 
>  Makefile                                           |    7 ++-
>  arch/i386/.gitignore                               |    1 -
>  arch/{i386 => x86}/Kconfig.cpu                     |    0 
>  arch/{i386 => x86}/Kconfig.debug                   |   51 +++++++++++++---
>  arch/{i386/Kconfig => x86/Kconfig.i386}            |    4 +-
>  arch/{x86_64/Kconfig => x86/Kconfig.x86_64}        |    6 +--
>  arch/x86/Makefile                                  |   16 +++++
>  arch/{i386/Makefile => x86/Makefile_32}            |    7 +--
>  arch/{i386/Makefile.cpu => x86/Makefile_32.cpu}    |    0 
>  arch/{x86_64/Makefile => x86/Makefile_64}          |    5 +-
>  .../{i386/defconfig => x86/configs/i386_defconfig} |    0 
>  .../defconfig => x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig}     |    0 
>  arch/x86_64/.gitignore                             |    1 -
>  arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug                          |   61 --------------------
>  scripts/kconfig/Makefile                           |   35 +++++++-----
>  15 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
> 

By the way I consider this -rc1 material.
Because:
1) It sort of finishes the initial merge
2) Any breakage should be easy to trigger (build breakage) and easy to fix.

It is 1) that make me say this is -rc1 materail,
 and 2) that say that this is an acceptable 'breaking the rules' patch serie.

	Sam
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