linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix corruption of CONFIG_X86

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Message-ID: <1306753314.2029.442.camel@i7.infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2011 12:01:52 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix corruption of CONFIG_X86_32 in 'make oldconfig'

On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 12:25 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Oh, that needs fixing then.

Yeah, it was fixed in v2, which you should have received 15 minutes
before sending your mail at 12:25 +0200? 

> 	make ARCH=i386 oldconfig
> 	make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig
> to switch a .config over from 32-bit to 64-bit. Please make sure this 
> still works with your patch applied.

Yes, that still works. The ARCH=i386 and ARCH=x86_64 behaviour should
not have changed at all; this patch should *only* affect ARCH=x86
behaviour (and make ARCH=x86 the default for x86 hosts, unless specified
on the make command line).

-- 
dwmw2

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