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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT
On 01/12/2013 10:08 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 09:40:20AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Hiding it because it happens to be in a slightly illogical place seems
>> completely backwards.
>
> Sure, that's the lazy dude solution™ :-)
>
> I could try to restructure arch/x86/Kconfig but is it worth the trouble
> to fix the "slightly illogical" placing...
>

Well, it's more than that. It is actually removing functionality
because it is "illogically placed"... that cure is worse than the disease.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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