Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86"

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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