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

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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:21:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pebolle@...cali.nl
Cc:	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: remove unused "config BITS"

From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:06:47 +0100

> 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". 

Ok, I'm convinced now :-)  Applied, thanks!
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