linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: Document the non-ABI status of Kconfig and symbols

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Date:	Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:06:06 +0100
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
CC:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: Document the non-ABI status of Kconfig
 and symbols

On 10/24/2013 09:57 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> 
> And what about the kernel make "interface", is it considered also as non-ABI?
> 
> E.g.
> Before ffee0de (x86: Default to ARCH=x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT)
> "make defconfig ARCH=x86" produced a i386 defconfig. Now it produces a
> x86_64 defconfig.
> I'm sure some build scripted failed badly.
> 
> 

Definitely not ABI, although obviously not a completely "break blindly"
either.

	-hpa

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