Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 - Take 2

Andi Kleen
2007-03-15T17:26:33Z

> You could do both. Have the x86 directory that Linus suggests for shared
> files, then have the build system generate the symlinks for you.

Symlinks are usually a bad idea because they tend to not work with objdirs.
We did that in 2.4.

-Andi