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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:40:38PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> As discussed in another thread the right thing is to add a generic solution
> to select between 32 and 64 bit - useable for powerpc, s390, ppc et al.
>...

I seriously question this would be "the right thing".

32/64bit isn't that special that this and only this option would require
special casing, and the KISS principle of having only one way to specify
something like this has it's advantages.

> Sam

cu
Adrian

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