Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756458Ab1E3K6W (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2011 06:58:22 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:39644 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755819Ab1E3K6U (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2011 06:58:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 12:58:09 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Theodore Tso Cc: David Woodhouse , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix corruption of CONFIG_X86_32 in 'make oldconfig' Message-ID: <20110530105809.GA20133@elte.hu> References: <1306707270.2029.377.camel@i7.infradead.org> <20110530072300.GA9802@elte.hu> <1306745835.2029.389.camel@i7.infradead.org> <20110530104231.GF17821@elte.hu> <20110530104656.GA19532@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.3.1 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 701 Lines: 22 * Theodore Tso wrote: > I'd think that "make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig" > > ... where the old configuration contained CONFIG_X86_32 > should trigger a warning, if not an outright error that > stops the build.... That would be a rather sad regression for me: i use that command regularly to transform .configs that came in bugreports into a config suitable for a testbox that has a different bitness userspace installed. Thanks, Ingo -- 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/