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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Rajat Jain <rajatjain@juniper.net>
Cc: "linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org" <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference?
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:21:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <22561.1410268883@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:58:49 -0000." <a06a49ac87e44c0d89d88514d7a28678@DM2PR05MB671.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>


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On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:58:49 -0000, Rajat Jain said:

> Can someone tell me if the i386 one is to be used when we want to build for a
> 32bit machine and the x86_64 is to be used for 64 bit machine?

I wouldn't run either one on an actual machine.  Defconfigs are *example*
configs, only useful as a template for customizing for actual hardware.

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-09 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-09  7:58 x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig: What is the difference? Rajat Jain
2014-09-09 13:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2014-09-09 14:19   ` Paul Bolle
2014-09-09 14:26     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2014-09-09 14:06 ` Matthias Brugger
2014-09-09 14:27   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2014-09-09 14:34     ` Abreu, Ian
2014-09-09 15:11     ` Rajat Jain
2014-09-09 15:28       ` Hubert CHAUMETTE
2014-09-09 17:51     ` Rajat Jain
2014-09-13  1:10 ` Peter Teoh
2014-09-13  3:44   ` Rajat Jain

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