Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:40:47 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 |
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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. >
I386 is already used elsewhere for cpu optimization. Intel has called all of its 32-bit cpus IA32 since they introduced IA64. I've never heard of any usage of X86_32.
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