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SubjectRe: RFC: let x86_64 no longer define X86
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.)


Takashi
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