Re: [2.6.24 patch] x86: allow 64bit setting in Kconfig

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:02:48PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Style question, would the following be preferred?
> > > 
> > > config 64BIT
> > > 	def_bool ARCH = "x86_64"
> > > 	prompt "64-bit kernel"
> > > 	help...
> > 
> > No.
> > It is most common to let the prompt follow the type and not
> > as a separate property.
> 
> hm, ok. I guess there's not much cleanliness difference between:
> 
>     bool "64-bit kernel"
>     default ARCH = "x86_64"
> 
> and:
> 
>     def_bool ARCH = "x86_64"
>     prompt "64-bit kernel"

At least for me it's clear what the former does while I had to try the 
latter for understanding what it does exactly...

> 	Ingo

cu
Adrian

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