linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Add CONFIG_BITS to remove the test in arch/x86/Makefile

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:18:44 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Loic Grenie <loic.grenie@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Add CONFIG_BITS to remove the test in
 arch/x86/Makefile

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:36:07 +0100 Loic Grenie <loic.grenie@...il.com> wrote:
>
>     I propose the following patch to arch/x86/Makefile and Kconfig.
> 
> Actions:
> 
>      - Add a BITS variable to Kconfig which takes value 32 or 64 according
>        to 64BIT.

Linus' suggestion was WORD_SIZE and that is what we have already used in
powerpc.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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