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

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Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:58:04 +0200
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@...ent.de>,
	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,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.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

If ARCH doesn't match uname for some definition of match?

Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@...ent.de> wrote:
>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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