linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Get rid of SUBARCH

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1308211452260.31430@tglase.lan.tarent.de>
Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:53:30 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@...ent.de>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, mmarek@...e.cz, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org, jdike@...toit.com,
	gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
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	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [RFC] Get rid of SUBARCH

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> The series touches also m68k, sh, mips and unicore32.
> These architectures magically select a cross compiler if ARCH != SUBARCH.
> Do really need that behavior?

Not precisely that, but it’s very common in m68k land
to just cross-build kernels with

$ make ARCH=m68k menuconfig
$ make ARCH=m68k

Maybe a generalising of that feature, and making it
independent of SUBARCH (which can then die)?

bye,
//mirabilos
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