From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:09:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071111050945.GB21669@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071110204038.GA13140@uranus.ravnborg.org>
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:40:38PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> As discussed in another thread the right thing is to add a generic solution
> to select between 32 and 64 bit - useable for powerpc, s390, ppc et al.
>...
I seriously question this would be "the right thing".
32/64bit isn't that special that this and only this option would require
special casing, and the KISS principle of having only one way to specify
something like this has it's advantages.
> Sam
cu
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-11 5:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-10 20:40 [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] x86: introduce ARCH=i386,ARCH=x86_64 to select 32/64 bit Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 22:23 ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:18 ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 20:55 ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 5:14 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 12:43 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 13:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 14:59 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 15:30 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11 15:55 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-10 22:16 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:31 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-14 20:57 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-14 22:08 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 15:43 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 19:25 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 19:43 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 20:45 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 21:24 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 22:06 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16 1:28 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16 3:44 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-16 13:02 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16 5:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16 12:54 ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-06 13:26 ` kconfig: support option env="" [Was: kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets] Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14 3:49 ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 5:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14 3:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] explicitly introduce expression list Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 3:50 ` [PATCH 2/3] environment symbol support Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 3:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] use environment option Roman Zippel
2007-11-10 22:33 ` [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:50 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11 5:09 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-11-11 11:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 2:47 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-12 5:23 ` Sam Ravnborg
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