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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
Cc: Lista Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] arch names
Date: 27 May 2002 16:39:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1022542788.20312.27.camel@sinai> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020527150700.GE6738@werewolf.able.es>

On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 08:07, J.A. Magallon wrote:

> After five minutes working on the arches patch, I realized that
> if PII gets split away, CONFIG_M686 only stands for PPro, so it
> would be worth a rename to CONFIG_MPENTIUMPRO ?

Yah, it would.  CONFIG_M686 is now too general - unless we want
CONFIG_M686 _and_ a specific arch, like CONFIG_MPII.  Then we can check
just the general case (M686) or the specific chip (MPII) as needed.

Also, CONFIG_MPPRO is easier on the eyes :)

> Only drawback is that people (ie - distros) could not just copy their old
> .config and build...

They should `make oldconfig' anyhow...

	Robert Love


      reply	other threads:[~2002-05-27 23:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-27 15:07 [RFC] arch names J.A. Magallon
2002-05-27 23:39 ` Robert Love [this message]

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