linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] x86/defconfigs: Unbreak 32-bit defconfig builds

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Date:   Tue, 8 Sep 2020 21:45:35 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] x86/defconfigs: Unbreak 32-bit defconfig builds

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:53 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> On 9/8/20 5:13 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> After the commit 1d0e12fd3a84 ("x86/defconfigs: Refresh defconfig files")
> >> 32-bit builds using defconfig become broken because on x86_64 build host
> >> with no ARCH provided the default behaviour is to assume 64-bit independently
> >> on the configuration file name. The crucial part is CONFIG_64BIT option
> >> that used to be explicit. Let restore the latter option in order to unbreak
> >> 32-bit builds.
> >
> > So exactly which build method broke due to this? The typical way to do a defconfig build is:
> >
> >   make ARCH=i386 defconfig
> >
> > which still works fine AFAICS.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >       Ingo
> >
>
> Here is a previous patch from someone else:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200810155943.2583275-1-daniel.diaz@linaro.org/

Thanks for pointing out. Whatever Ingo prefers (though personally I
think the other one requires more work on the shrinking commit
message).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko