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Message-ID: <20071110212400.GA7958@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:24:00 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86"

On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:35:01PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> In fact, we should be able to get rid of ARCH entirely;  CONFIG_ options 
> have the huge advantage that they're saved in a file, and you don't have to 
> type them on every make run. The only option that I can't see us getting 
> rid of easily is HOSTCC, since it is used before config is run, but 
> probably something clever can be done there, too.

Yes, please!  One of the more annoying things is forgetting the
ARCH=um when rebuilding UML.  It would be awfully nice if ARCH was set
via a CONFIG_ option and was persistent.

					- Ted
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