linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: allow ARCH set to 'the machine hardware name', like 's390x' but not 's390'

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Message-ID: <20120817165411.GA11373@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:54:11 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Adam Lee <adam8157@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	"open list:KERNEL BUILD + fi..." <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: allow ARCH set to 'the machine hardware
	name', like 's390x' but not 's390'

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 03:39:59PM +0800, Adam Lee wrote:
> This patch add support for setting ARCH to 'the machine hardware
> name'(`uname -m).

Snip from s390 Makefile:

ifeq ($(CONFIG_64BIT),y)
        $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/vdso64 $@
endif
        $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/vdso32 $@

You need more changes to support this.
Check all arch Makefiles for similar uses.

	Sam
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