Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:31:29 -0800
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: "L. A. Walsh" <lkml@tlinx.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: i386 requires x86_64?
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:10:42 -0800 L. A. Walsh wrote:

> Generating a new kernel and wanted to delete the unrelated architectures.
> 
> Is the i386 supposed to depend on the the x86_64 architecture?
> 
> In file included from arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c:8:
> include/asm/pci-direct.h:1:35: asm-x86_64/pci-direct.h: No such file or 
> directory
> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c: In function `check_acpi_pci':
> arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c:34: warning: implicit declaration of 
> function `read_pci_config'
> make[2]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/acpi] Error 2
> make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> 
> I'm generating for a pentium-3 based computer.  Should that
> include x86_64 bits?

Yes, there are bits in i386 that use x86_64 and there are
bits in x86_64 that use i386 code, so that the source code
won't have to be duplicated.


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