Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Nov 2007 02:17:37 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86_64 with make ARCH=x86" |
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On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 04:52:47PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:48:26 +0100 > Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote: > > > This patchset unify the i386 and x86_64 Kconfig > > files for x86. > > In addition it replaces the use of ARCH=i386 and > > ARCH=x86_64 with the more intuitive ARCH=x86. > > > > The primary purpose of this patch serie is to > > enable make ARCH=x86 and let the config decide > > if we are building for 32 or 64 bit. > > > > But we will break quite a high number of > > scripts with this change. > > What is the desired behaviour when specifying: > > make ARCH=i386 > > and > > make ARCH=x86_64 > > I would say.. just print a very very nasty warning, wait 20 seconds, > and then pretend it was passed as x86 > and then remove in the next release (assuming the code isn't too ugly)
I'd suggest exit'ing after printing a helpful note.
The user will anyway have to adjust his build environment, so let's make a clear cut now.
> other than that.. just break it now in 2.6.24; people at least remember > .24 as the release that unified, so they expect changes there... they > won't expect them for .25 or later
cu Adrian
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