Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:40:20 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT |
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On 01/12/2013 09:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Ok, I don't know whether this was on purpose or not but setting ARCH=x86 > has the side effect of putting the config 64BIT prompt into the toplevel > menuconfig: > > [*] 64-bit kernel > General setup ---> > [*] Enable loadable module support ---> > [*] Enable the block layer ---> > Processor type and features ---> > > Now, IMHO, maybe the more fitting place for this should be "Processor > type and features" where all the arch-specific stuff goes but looking at > arch/x86/Kconfig, it would need some restructuring due to dependencies. > > So how about we simply hide it by still preserving the functionality: >
Hiding it because it happens to be in a slightly illogical place seems completely backwards.
-hpa
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