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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:08:12AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> With this patchset the former ARCH=i386 / ARCH=x86_64 are
> replaced by ARCH=x86.
> The rationale behind the patchset are that with a
> unified x86 architecture this should be reflected in
> the build commands.
> 
> With this patch set the 32/64 bit selection is done
> at configuration time like we know it from parisc and
> powerpc.
> 
> Please pull to your cleanup branch:
> 
> 	ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/x86.git
> 
> I leave it to you (x86 maintainers) to decide when to push this to Linus.
> But I strongly suggest sooner is better so we finish the build parts
> of the x86 unification.

I'll second that request.  We should finish off the user-visible parts
of the merge in one release (2.6.24).

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