linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] um: Do not use SUBARCH

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Message-ID: <52441407.9010603@nod.at>
Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:01:27 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
CC:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] um: Do not use SUBARCH

Am 26.09.2013 12:53, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra:
> Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> So, what exactly is broken in upstream?
>> make defconfig works as it always did.
> 
> Auto-detection of SUBARCH, which can be done with a simple call to
> uname -m (the 90% case). The second patch I submitted prevented
> spawning xterms unnecessarily, which we discussed was a good move.

Covering only 90% of all cases is not enough.
We must not break existing setups.
That's also why my "Get rid of SUBARCH" series is not upstream.

Your second patch changed CONFIG_CON_CHAN to pts, which is ok but not
a major issue.
The xterms are also not spawning unnecessarily they spawn upon a tty device is opened.
With your patch UML create another pts. Thus, the spawning is hidden...
I did not push it upstream because it depended on your first one and as I said, it's not critical.
This does not mean that I moved it to /dev/null.
Again, the plan is to get rid of SUBARCH at all.

>> make defconfig ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86 (or SUBARCH=i386) will create a defconfig for 32bit.
>> make defconfig ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86_64 one for 64bit.
> 
> Yes, that's how I prepared the patch in the first place.

So, nothing is broken.

If you want "make defconfig ARCH=um" creating a defconfig for the correct arch you need
more than your first patch. Again, "Get rid of SUBARCH" series has the same goal.

Thanks,
//richard
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