linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86

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Message-ID: <472FAB4C.9040303@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:46:20 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86_64 with make ARCH=x86"

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 01:36:42PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>>  > Like this:
>>  > $ make ARCH=foo
>>  > Makefile:201: *** "ERROR: ARCH (foo) does not exist".  Stop.
>>
>> Seems sane, but maybe it would be worth putting in a special case
>> check for someone using i386 or x86_64 for ARCH, and tell them to
>> switch to x86?
> 
> Will do so if my patchset gets applied. Need to redo it but
> that will be later this week and then I hope for a bit more
> feedback from the x86 guys.

The patchset has looked good to me, and I believe it would be better to 
take this particular breakage sooner rather than later.

I haven't spoken up actively mostly because I wanted to look at the user 
comments as they have been coming in.

The issue with "make allyesconfig" concerns me, although the same 
situation already exists with any multiple-choice configuration.  What I 
guess we really want is to be able to specify a few specific choices.

	-hpa
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