Brian Gerst wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
This is the patch that get rid of ARCH=i386 and ARCH=x86_64
and introduce ARCH=x86.
It touches several files but the changes are all one or two-liners.
x86: drop backward compatibility symlinks to i386/boot and
x86_64/boot
kbuild: sanity check the specified arch
IMO it negatives impacts the workflow when you -remove- the ability to
set 32/64-bit on the make command line.
Building and testing for both architectures now requires the additional
step of editing .config, which is a clear workflow negative impact at
least for me.
I switch between other cross-compiled arches (alpha, usually) on the
makefile command line
Yes, I know other 32/64-bit arches require .config editing. That
doesn't change the basic fact that this is a workflow regression.
Jeff
You can use:
make i386_defconfig
make x86_64_defconfig
Does that work for alpha too?
In any other case you'd be editing the .config anyways.
No, that's a logic rathole down which I will not follow :)
You can make any argument along those lines command line usage is really
an art, not a science. Its a user interface, and that involves human
taste rather than logic.
I've been bouncing between architectures using ARCH= for years, and my
fingers and brain have been trained. It's just disappointing and a pain
to change this nice user interface that has served so well for years.
This is /not/ a cleanup, it's a user interface change.
Jeff
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