From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
mingo@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com,
David.Woodhouse@intel.com, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:40:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F1A004.4090200@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130112170647.GA10659@liondog.tnic>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-12 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-20 21:51 [PATCH] x86: Default to ARCH=x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT David Woodhouse
2012-12-21 2:07 ` [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 " tip-bot for David Woodhouse
2012-12-26 6:32 ` David Rientjes
2012-12-26 8:43 ` David Woodhouse
2012-12-26 10:44 ` David Rientjes
2012-12-26 12:38 ` David Woodhouse
2012-12-26 22:00 ` David Rientjes
2012-12-26 22:19 ` David Woodhouse
2012-12-27 1:52 ` David Rientjes
2012-12-27 8:01 ` David Woodhouse
2012-12-26 22:30 ` Jesper Juhl
2012-12-26 23:07 ` David Woodhouse
2012-12-26 23:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-26 23:32 ` [tip] config: Add 'make kvmconfig' David Woodhouse
2012-12-27 1:08 ` Randy Dunlap
2013-02-04 18:20 ` [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig David Rientjes
2013-02-04 18:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-04 18:57 ` David Rientjes
2013-02-04 19:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-04 19:14 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-02-04 19:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-06 18:25 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-06 20:12 ` David Rientjes
2013-02-06 20:45 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-06 21:02 ` kvmtool tree (Was: Re: [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig) Stephen Rothwell
2013-02-06 21:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-06 21:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-07 21:44 ` Stephen Rothwell
2013-02-07 21:40 ` Stephen Rothwell
2013-02-08 14:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-08 21:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-08 23:57 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-09 0:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-09 10:01 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-09 18:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-09 19:39 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-09 19:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-09 21:06 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-02-11 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-11 12:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-11 12:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-11 13:18 ` David Woodhouse
2013-02-11 13:58 ` Anca Emanuel
2013-02-11 16:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-11 17:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-11 17:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-11 14:47 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-11 16:46 ` David Woodhouse
2013-02-11 17:26 ` Anca Emanuel
2013-02-11 16:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-11 17:28 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <CA+55aFx-0-qcYMqH2wnJJ7iAPhoEvD_EQ0xqVW3VGS3G9=_1_w@mail.gmail.com>
2013-02-11 17:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-11 23:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-02-12 9:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-13 8:23 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-13 8:56 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-02-13 9:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-14 15:32 ` Anthony Liguori
2013-02-19 8:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-01-12 17:06 ` [tip:x86/build] x86: Default to ARCH= x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT Borislav Petkov
2013-01-12 17:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-01-12 18:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-12 18:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-12 16:01 ` [PATCH] x86: Default to ARCH=x86 " richard -rw- weinberger
2013-04-12 16:38 ` David Woodhouse
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