Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86_64 with make ARCH=x86"

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Guillaume Chazarain wrote:
> On 11/6/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>> The issue with "make allyesconfig" concerns me, although the same
>> situation already exists with any multiple-choice configuration.  What I
>> guess we really want is to be able to specify a few specific choices.
> 
> I don't know enough about Kbuild to know if it's possible or not, but I
> would find it great if the *config targets could take CONFIG_ variables
> on the command line, like:
> 
> make oldconfig CONFIG_SMP=y
> 
> If it's not possible, why not inherit the CONFIG_ options from environment
> variables, like we already do for $CFLAGS, but only at make *config
> time in this case?
> 

It probably can only be done at *config time (and probably *should* only 
be done at *config time); but it seems like it would be a 
straightforward addition to Kconfig to look in the environment for 
variables named CONFIG_* just like it'd look in an old config file.

That would definitely resolve a lot of issues.

	-hpa