linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] parisc: Regenerate parisc defconfigs

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Date:   Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:24:42 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...l.net>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Cc:     linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: Regenerate parisc defconfigs

On 3/27/20 5:28 AM, John David Anglin wrote:
> On 2020-03-27 2:43 a.m., Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> It would be nice if there was a better way to select 32-bit
>> vs. 64-bit defconfigs (for example based on the compiler,
>> or with ARCH={parisc,parisc64}). However, that never worked
>> for parisc, so I guess we can't expect it to magically work
>> now, and much less so for a bug fix.
> LP64 is defined when using the 64-bit compiler.
> 

I know. However, as I said, parisc has never used compiler
capabilities to determine the content of defconfig.
Changing that should be done with a separate patch, if there
is interest to do so.

Guenter