Re: CONFIG_64_BIT

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 13:21:37 EST


On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:35:11PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > What do people think of CONFIG_64_BIT? It saves us from using
> > !(IA64 || MIPS64 || PARISC64 || S390X || SPARC64 || X86_64) or
>
> For Kconfigs it may make sense, but is there any Config rule that
> checks for all 64bit archs (opposed to checking for specific archs)?
> I cannot thinkg of any.

... that was what the patch added.

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On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:35:11PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > What do people think of CONFIG_64_BIT? It saves us from using
> > !(IA64 || MIPS64 || PARISC64 || S390X || SPARC64 || X86_64) or
>
> For Kconfigs it may make sense, but is there any Config rule that
> checks for all 64bit archs (opposed to checking for specific archs)?
> I cannot thinkg of any.

... that was what the patch added.

--
"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
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