linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/config: Make the x86 defconfigs a bit more usable

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Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:52:17 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/config: Make the x86 defconfigs a bit more usable

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 08:47:27AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 09:31:13AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> > --- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig

> > -# CONFIG_64BIT is not set
> 
> I don't think this is right, this is repeating the problem that was
> fixed by commit 76366050eb1b ("x86/defconfigs: Explicitly unset
> CONFIG_64BIT in i386_defconfig").
> 
> $ make ARCH=i386 savedefconfig
> 
> ?

+1 here, there are still branches in use that have i386 defconfig as
as base and making this problem again is not okay.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko