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Message-ID: <50F1A004.4090200@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:40:20 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com, David.Woodhouse@...el.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT On 01/12/2013 09:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Ok, I don't know whether this was on purpose or not but setting ARCH=x86 > has the side effect of putting the config 64BIT prompt into the toplevel > menuconfig: > > [*] 64-bit kernel > General setup ---> > [*] Enable loadable module support ---> > [*] Enable the block layer ---> > Processor type and features ---> > > Now, IMHO, maybe the more fitting place for this should be "Processor > type and features" where all the arch-specific stuff goes but looking at > arch/x86/Kconfig, it would need some restructuring due to dependencies. > > So how about we simply hide it by still preserving the functionality: > Hiding it because it happens to be in a slightly illogical place seems completely backwards. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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