Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:05:06 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86" |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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
You can use:
make i386_defconfig make x86_64_defconfig
In any other case you'd be editing the .config anyways.
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