Re: [PATCH] Don't override CONFIG_64BIT for ARCH={i386,x86_64} builds

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

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> Ew, that's a nasty thing to be prioritising over day-to-day usability,
> and the fact that I can't just do 'make bzImage' without it screwing up
> and asking me to reconfigure.
> 
> Isn't there a CONFIG_RANDCONFIG option? We could make it
>    bool "64-bit kernel" if !CONFIG_RANDCONFIG
> 
> Alternatively, we could just the top-level Makefile set ARCH=x86 when
> it's inferred from the environment, and let people override it to i386
> or x86_64 if they want to.
> 

I think the fundamental problem here is that "make randconfig" is 
allowed to retain *any* information from the previous .config; the same 
is true for "make all*config", "make defconfig", etc.  These by 
definition should blast the current configuration away.

Now, "make randconfig" should ideally be able to generate either a 32- 
or a 64-bit configuration (which would have to be done correctly), but 
if ARCH is set we need to honor it.

	-hpa