Re: [PATCH] Fix corruption of CONFIG_X86_32 in 'make oldconfig'

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon May 30 2011 - 06:58:25 EST



* Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd think that "make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig"
>
> ... where the old configuration contained CONFIG_X86_32
> should trigger a warning, if not an outright error that
> stops the build....

That would be a rather sad regression for me: i use that command
regularly to transform .configs that came in bugreports into a config
suitable for a testbox that has a different bitness userspace
installed.

Thanks,

Ingo
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