linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] tools/nolibc: merge i386 and x86

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Message-ID: <20250621084412.GB26934@1wt.eu>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:44:12 +0200
From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] tools/nolibc: merge i386 and x86_64 into a
 single x86 arch

On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 10:29:41AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> On 2025-06-20 12:37:03+0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > This remained the only exception to the kernel's architectures
> > organization and it's always a bit cumbersome to deal with. Let's merge
> > i386 and x86_64 into x86. This will result in a single arch-x86.h file
> > by default, and we'll no longer need to merge the two manually during
> > installation. Requesting either i386 or x86_64 will also result in
> > installing x86.
> 
> We should do this in any case, independently from the series.

I agree, initially I made it part of the small improvements series but
I thought it was less important.

> Acked-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

Thanks!
Willy