Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32

From: Brian Gerst
Date: Sun Sep 25 2005 - 07:47:57 EST


Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:11:16PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:

Add CONFIG_IA32 for i386. This allows selecting options that only apply to 32-bit systems.

(X86 && !X86_64) becomes IA32
(X86 || X86_64) becomes X86


Please call it X86_32 or I386, to match the terminology we use everywhere.
I386 would match the uname, and X86_32 would be the logical countepart
to X86_64.


I386 is already used elsewhere for cpu optimization. Intel has called all of its 32-bit cpus IA32 since they introduced IA64. I've never heard of any usage of X86_32.

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Brian Gerst
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