linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc: remove unused "config BITS"

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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:06:47 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: remove unused "config BITS"

On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 12:33 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> We use this in the Makefile fragments, you cannot remove it.

>From arch/sparc/Makefile:
    ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPARC32),y)
    [...]

    [...]
    export BITS    := 32
    [...]

    else
    [...]

    [...]
    export BITS   := 64
    [...]

So $(BITS) is set depending on whether CONFIG_SPARC32 is set or not.
Using $(BITS) in sparc's Makefiles is not using CONFIG_BITS. That
doesn't count as usage of "config BITS". 


Paul Bolle

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