Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:13:05 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code |
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> We have generally used i386 as opposed to x86 for that purpose. [...]
So 'i386' is really the original name that stuck.
'x86-32' sounds more appropriate to me - we should not perpetuate the i386 name, as we don't run on an original i386 anymore ;-)
Here's what I think sounds pretty natural:
CONFIG_X86_32_ABI CONFIG_X86_64_ABI CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
- CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI and CONFIG_X86_32_ABI selects CONFIG_COMPAT. - CONFIG_X86_32_ABI enables the 32-bit/32-bit system call ABI. - CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI enables the extra 64-bit/32-bit system call entries. - CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION goes away.
> [...] IA32 in MSR names is part of the MSR name and should not be taken out.
Yes, of course.
Thanks,
Ingo
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