linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH revised] enable make ARCH=x86 (and stay backward compatible)

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Message-ID: <20071114052201.GA5252@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:22:01 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, david@...g.hm,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH revised] enable make ARCH=x86 (and stay backward compatible)

> 
> I've just built v2.6.24-rc2-409-g9418d5d + your patchset for both amd64 and 
> i386 using Debian's kernel-package and both went without problems.

Thanks for testing!

> One (minor) issue. If I start out with a .config for i386, the first make 
> oldconfig will ask to set 64-BIT:
>     64-bit kernel (64BIT) [N/y/?] (NEW)
> It would be nice if that could be avoided somehow.

I do not see this can be avoided.
The typical response is just to accept the default which is N
so we are safe in most cases anyway because default is 'N'.

	Sam
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