Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763452AbXKJDXq (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:23:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753568AbXKJDXh (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:23:37 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:49718 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752838AbXKJDXh (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:23:37 -0500 Message-ID: <4735242B.1010801@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:23:23 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Ravnborg CC: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , LKML , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86" References: <20071109230812.GA5176@uranus.ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20071109230812.GA5176@uranus.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1061 Lines: 30 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > This is the patch that get rid of ARCH=i386 and ARCH=x86_64 > and introduce ARCH=x86. > It touches several files but the changes are all one or two-liners. > > x86: drop backward compatibility symlinks to i386/boot and x86_64/boot > kbuild: sanity check the specified arch IMO it negatives impacts the workflow when you -remove- the ability to set 32/64-bit on the make command line. Building and testing for both architectures now requires the additional step of editing .config, which is a clear workflow negative impact at least for me. I switch between other cross-compiled arches (alpha, usually) on the makefile command line Yes, I know other 32/64-bit arches require .config editing. That doesn't change the basic fact that this is a workflow regression. Jeff - 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/