Re: [PATCH] bring sanity to div64.h and do_div usage

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 10:26:20 EST


Jes Sorensen wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
>
> Jeff> Jes Sorensen wrote:
> >> __mc68000__ is the correct define, I don't know who put in
> >> CONFIG_M68K but it doesn't belong there.
>
> Jeff> I disagree -- look at arch/*/config.in.
>
> Jeff> Each arch needs to define a CONFIG_$ARCH.
>
> Why? CONFIG_$ARCH only makes sense if you can enable two architectures
> in the same build. What does CONFIG_M68K give you that __mc68000__
> doesn't provide?

1) it is a Linux kernel standard. all arches save two define
CONFIG_$arch.

2) you have two tests, "ARCH==m68k" in config.in and "__mc68000__" in C
code. CONFIG_M68K means you only test one symbol, the same symbol, in
all code.

3) as this thread shows, due to #1, users -expect- that CONFIG_M68K will
exist

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