Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:18:18 -0700 (PDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, 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.
ia32 has been in use much longer than x86_32 and more ubiquitous. - 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/
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