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* [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86
@ 2007-11-10 20:40 Sam Ravnborg
  2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 43+ messages in thread
From: Sam Ravnborg @ 2007-11-10 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, H. Peter Anvin, LKML,
	Linus Torvalds

As discussed in another thread the right thing is to add a generic solution
to select between 32 and 64 bit - useable for powerpc, s390, ppc et al.

First step was to teach kconfig how to force 64BIT to a specific value.
The x86 Kconfig file needed a small twist to use 64BIT as the symbol
to seelct 32 or 64 bit.
Then it was simple to add backward compatibility ARCH= settings.

The patchset is not yet pushed out - I will await a bit feedback first.

Shortlog and diffstat.
      kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c
      kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets
      x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig
      kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README
      x86: introduce ARCH=i386,ARCH=x86_64 to select 32/64 bit


 Makefile                    |   16 ++++-
 README                      |    2 +
 arch/x86/Kconfig            |   26 +++-----
 arch/x86/Makefile           |   10 ++-
 scripts/kconfig/Makefile    |    2 +-
 scripts/kconfig/conf.c      |    1 +
 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c  |  146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h |    1 +
 8 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

The majority of the diffstat is the code refactoring of confdata.c
The rest is simple changes.

Patches follows...
Patches are on top of the patchset to introduce "make ARCH=x86"

	Sam

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* [PATCH revised] enable make ARCH=x86 (and stay backward compatible)
@ 2007-11-12 20:54 Sam Ravnborg
  2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: unification of cfufreq/Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 43+ messages in thread
From: Sam Ravnborg @ 2007-11-12 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, H. Peter Anvin, LKML,
	Randy Dunlap, david, Christoph Hellwig, Frans Pop
  Cc: Linus Torvalds

This revised patchset does the followings things:

o unify the i386 and x86_64 Kconfig files
o introduce support for K64BIT to set CONFIG_64BIT on command line
o introdue support for "make ARCH=x86"
o degraded ARCH={i386,x86_64} to select between 32/64 for all*targets
  and otherwise just selecting the x86 architecture

I suggest we should merge this despite being at -rc2 so we can start
teaching distributors to use "ARCH=x86" - but I leave it to the
x86 Maintainers to decide.

I have always thought that the x86 merge could not be considered ready
until we could do a "make ARCH=x86" becasue it is so intuitive
if you have not typed "make ARCH=i386" one thousand times.


Based on feedback from previous submissions the following have changed:
- The backwards compatibility links are kept
- The backwards compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} are kept but degraded
  to select 32/64 bit during configuration for all*config targets.
- ARCH={i386,x86_64} are not broken by any patches so bisect will
  not choke
- patchset shrinked to 13 logical patches


With this change we have a setup where we have a common Kconfig
for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 like all other architectures.
And we can configure and build a kernel using ARCH="name of arch dir"

As an added bonus "make update-po-config" is fixed :-)

The diffstat tells it own story:
 19 files changed, 684 insertions(+), 1235 deletions(-)

And this is with new functionality added...

The patches explained...

Unification of Kconfig.i386 + Kconfig.x86_64:
      x86: unification of cfufreq/Kconfig
      x86: start unification of arch/x86/Kconfig.*
      x86: arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu unification
      x86: add X86_32 dependency to i386 specific symbols in Kconfig.i386
      x86: add X86_64 dependency to x86_64 specific symbols in Kconfig.x86_64
      x86: copy x86_64 specific Kconfig symbols to Kconfig.i386
      x86: move all simple arch settings to Kconfig
      x86: move the rest of the menu's to Kconfig

Adding support for K64BIT=y on commandline
      kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c
      kconfig: add helper to set config symbol from environment variable
      kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets

Preparational patch that just clean up a few bits in x86:
      x86: do not use $(ARCH) when not needed

Introducing "make ARCH=x86"
      x86: enable "make ARCH=x86"

After the preparation then introducing "make ARCH=x86" actually
deleted more lines than is added (last patch):
    5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)


The patchset is available at:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/x86.git

Patches will be sent to lkml for another review round.

	Sam


Diffstat:

 Makefile                                           |   13 +-
 README                                             |    2 +
 arch/x86/{Kconfig.i386 => Kconfig}                 |  567 ++++++++++----
 arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu                               |  121 ++--
 arch/x86/Kconfig.x86_64                            |  839 --------------------
 arch/x86/Makefile                                  |   10 +-
 arch/x86/Makefile_32                               |    8 +-
 arch/x86/Makefile_64                               |    8 +-
 arch/x86/boot/Makefile                             |    6 +-
 arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c                           |    6 -
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32                        |    3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64                        |    2 +
 .../x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/{Kconfig_32 => Kconfig} |   69 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig_64             |  108 ---
 arch/x86/vdso/Makefile                             |    2 +-
 scripts/kconfig/Makefile                           |    7 +-
 scripts/kconfig/conf.c                             |    1 +
 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c                         |  146 +++--
 scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h                        |    1 +
 19 files changed, 684 insertions(+), 1235 deletions(-)


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2007-11-10 20:40 [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43   ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43     ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43       ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43         ` [PATCH] x86: introduce ARCH=i386,ARCH=x86_64 to select 32/64 bit Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 22:23         ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:18       ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 20:55     ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11  5:14       ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 12:43         ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 13:07           ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 14:59             ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 15:30               ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11 15:55                 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-10 22:16     ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:31       ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-14 20:57     ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-14 22:08       ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 15:43         ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 19:25           ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 19:43             ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 20:45               ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 21:24                 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 22:06                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16  1:28                     ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16  3:44                       ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-16 13:02                         ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16  5:41                       ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16 12:54                         ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-06 13:26           ` kconfig: support option env="" [Was: kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets] Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14  3:49             ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-14  5:58               ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14  3:50             ` [PATCH 1/3] explicitly introduce expression list Roman Zippel
2008-01-14  3:50             ` [PATCH 2/3] environment symbol support Roman Zippel
2008-01-14  3:51             ` [PATCH 3/3] use environment option Roman Zippel
2007-11-10 22:33 ` [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:50   ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11  5:09 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 11:54   ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12  2:47 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-12  5:23   ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 20:54 [PATCH revised] enable make ARCH=x86 (and stay backward compatible) Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: unification of cfufreq/Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00   ` [PATCH] x86: start unification of arch/x86/Kconfig.* Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00     ` [PATCH] x86: arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu unification Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00       ` [PATCH] x86: add X86_32 dependency to i386 specific symbols in Kconfig.i386 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00         ` [PATCH] x86: add X86_64 dependency to x86_64 specific symbols in Kconfig.x86_64 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00           ` [PATCH] x86: copy x86_64 specific Kconfig symbols to Kconfig.i386 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00             ` [PATCH] x86: move all simple arch settings to Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00               ` [PATCH] x86: move the rest of the menu's " Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00                 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00                   ` [PATCH] kconfig: add helper to set config symbol from environment variable Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00                     ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Sam Ravnborg

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