Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86"

Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10T20:45:08Z

On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:35:01PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> HOWEVER, I think the right thing for allyesconfig, allmodconfig,
> randconfig, etc. is to be able to override specific variables. Right
> now, one has to use indirection via a file, which is a bit clumsy; it
> would be better if one could do "make allyesconfig CONFIG_X86_64=y" or
> somesuch.

See patch-set I just sent out :-)

>
> In fact, we should be able to get rid of ARCH entirely; CONFIG_ options
> have the huge advantage that they're saved in a file, and you don't have
> to type them on every make run. The only option that I can't see us
> getting rid of easily is HOSTCC, since it is used before config is run,
> but probably something clever can be done there, too.

My long term plan is to enable the above.
I had planned to do a lot for 2.6.25 but all this x86 stuff have eaten
too much time. And I have plenty of kbuild stuff in my
inbox awaiting some attention...

Sam