linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/kbuild] x86: Don't silently override CONFIG

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Message-Id: <1252100456.4483.544.camel@macbook.infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:40:56 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, sam@...nborg.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/kbuild] x86: Don't silently override CONFIG_64BIT in
 'make oldconfig'

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:38 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> what does ARCH=x86 mean?

A bit like ARCH=powerpc. It's the new combined architecture where 64-bit
vs. 32-bit is just a config choice. ARCH=i386 and ARCH=x86_64 are just
historical baggage, and should be dropped like ARCH=ppc and ARCH=ppc64
were.

-- 
dwmw2

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