linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: move i386 and x86

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:58:40 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: move i386 and x86_64 Kconfig files to x86 directory

> 
> BTW:
> why not using Kconfig.x86_32 instead of Kconfig.i386?

See scripts/kconfig/Makefile:
Here we use (in the x86 case):
Kconfig := arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig.$(ARCH)

So the "i386" comes from ARCH equals to i386.

The advantage is that the patch to kconfig
is generic so other arch's can use SRCARCH if they like
without having a hardcoded list in the kconfig Makefile.

	Sam
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