linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild, deb-pkg: support overriding userland architecture

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Date:	Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:37:39 +0100
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Asbjoern Sloth Toennesen <asbjorn@...jorn.biz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild, deb-pkg: support overriding userland architecture

On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:05:20PM +0000, Asbjoern Sloth Toennesen wrote:
> Usefull if building for sparc64 userland, because the
> sparc and sparc64 userlands use the same 64-bit kernel,
> making it impossible to always select the correct userland
> architecture for the resulting debian package.
> 
> Might also be usefull, if you want a i386 userland with a amd64 kernel.
> 
> Example usage:
> 	make DEBARCH=i386 deb-pkg

This variable deserves a mention in Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt not
just in the commit log. Otherwise the patch is OK with me.  

Michal
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