Re: [discuss] Re: RFC: let x86_64 no longer define X86

Raul Miller
2004-11-19T13:39:34Z

> linux-os wrote:
> > Why CONFIG_ISA_BROKEN. That implies (states) that its broken and

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:04:57AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The name is appropriate because the drivers in question _are_ broken.

On some architectures -- this is a porting issue, and not a clean binary
distinction.

ASSUMES_32_BIT or some other "32 bit" name would probably better capture
this particular issue.

Even better might be to get the compiler to catch the most obvious
mistakes and use #define decorations to override the compiler's
determination (you'd need two of these, because the compiler can get
this wrong in two different ways).

--
Raul