On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:23:23PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> This is the patch that get rid of ARCH=i386 and ARCH=x86_64 >> and introduce ARCH=x86. >> It touches several files but the changes are all one or two-liners. >> >> x86: drop backward compatibility symlinks to i386/boot and x86_64/boot >> kbuild: sanity check the specified arch > > > IMO it negatives impacts the workflow when you -remove- the ability to set > 32/64-bit on the make command line. > > Building and testing for both architectures now requires the additional > step of editing .config, which is a clear workflow negative impact at least > for me. > > I switch between other cross-compiled arches (alpha, usually) on the > makefile command line > > Yes, I know other 32/64-bit arches require .config editing. That doesn't > change the basic fact that this is a workflow regression.
With KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG you can avoid the editing of the .config and set 32/64-bit on the make command line - and it's not limited to the 32/64-bit choice: $ cat /home/jeff/myi386config CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y CONFIG_X86_32=y CONFIG_SMP=n CONFIG_PCI=n CONFIG_IPV6=m $ make allyesconfig KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=/home/jeff/myi386config > Jeff cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/