From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@atmel.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:22:46 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] svn commit: trunk/buildroot/target/u-boot
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> Hmmm I have never seen patch.$ARCH in buildroot.
> 
> It's usually -$ARCH.patch like toolchain/kernel-headers
> package/qtopia4 and others.


If you patch with "*.patch",  then *all* architecture dependent patches will be applied
if you use "-$ARCH.patch"

You want to apply 
* architecture independent patches
* architecture dependent patches pertaining to your architecture.

so ".patch.$ARCH" is much cleaner


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson