linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] xen/mcelog: also allow building for 32-bit kernels

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Date:   Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:06:25 +0100
From:   Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] xen/mcelog: also allow building for
 32-bit kernels

On 13.11.19 14:47, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 13.11.2019 01:15, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 11/11/19 9:46 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> There's no apparent reason why it can be used on 64-bit only.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
>>>
>>> --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
>>> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ config XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR
>>>   
>>>   config XEN_MCE_LOG
>>>   	bool "Xen platform mcelog"
>>> -	depends on XEN_DOM0 && X86_64 && X86_MCE
>>> +	depends on XEN_DOM0 && X86 && X86_MCE
>>
>> Can we have X86_MCE without X86?
> 
> I don't think we can. Is this a request to drop the middle
> operand altogether?

I think this would be reasonable. X86_64 was an additional dependency,
while X86 isn't.

With the X86 removed:

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen