Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:18:47 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: RFC: let x86_64 no longer define X86 |
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At Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:51:17 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > I'd like to send a patch after 2.6.10 that removes the following from > arch/x86_64/Kconfig: > > config X86 > bool > default y > > Additionally, I'll also check all current X86 uses to prevent breakages. > > > Why? > > X86 is _the_ symbol to identify the i386 architecture, but the x86_64 > port hijacked it. Kernel-wise, x86_64 is mostly simply a new port like > e.g. ia64.
If we do this for x86-64, shouldn't we do the same for ppc64 and sh64, too? (only sparc64 seems not defining 32bit config.)
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