Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932256AbVIYSMV (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:12:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751551AbVIYSMV (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:12:21 -0400 Received: from S01060013109fe3d4.vc.shawcable.net ([24.85.133.133]:30368 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751549AbVIYSMU (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:12:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:18:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Christoph Hellwig cc: Brian Gerst , Andrew Morton , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 In-Reply-To: <20050925100525.GA14741@infradead.org> Message-ID: References: <4335DD14.7090909@didntduck.org> <20050925100525.GA14741@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 760 Lines: 19 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:11:16PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: > > Add CONFIG_IA32 for i386. This allows selecting options that only apply > > to 32-bit systems. > > > > (X86 && !X86_64) becomes IA32 > > (X86 || X86_64) becomes X86 > > Please call it X86_32 or I386, to match the terminology we use everywhere. > I386 would match the uname, and X86_32 would be the logical countepart > to X86_64. ia32 has been in use much longer than x86_32 and more ubiquitous. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/