Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:02:19 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] replace "make ARCH=i386/x86_64 with make ARCH=x86" |
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Sam Ravnborg 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.
Yuck, I dislike. Please don't take away this nice development workflow. the current workflow of
make ARCH=i386 allmodconfig && make ARCH=i386 -sj5
no longer works. Now, the new and ungainly step of editing the .config is added, with vi or sed.
This also opens a chicken-and-egg problem... What kind of config is generated by allmodconfig when ARCH==x86? There is no good answer.
The existing tradition of switching between 32-bit and 64-bit was quite nice, and it was done in The Obvious Way(tm) -- via the method for specifying the architecture/platform. Switching to Kconfig for that decision is a step backwards in usability and IMO violates the Principle of Least Surprise.
Jeff
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