Re: [PATCH take3 00/20] Make common x86 arch area for i386 andx86_64 - Take 3

[Rusty Russell]

On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 01:13 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Once again here's an attempt to put the shared files of x86_64 and i386
> into a separate directory.

OK, that's fine, but the next step is to have "make ARCH=x86" compile,
with a config option as to whether to build 32 or 64 bit.  This will
involve a fair amount of Makefile hair, but if you can get Andi to buy
into that then the rest is a simple matter of code churn.  For most
kernel hackers, this would be the flag day.

Moving the rest of the files across to xxx_32.c, xxx_64.h etc is going
to involve a great deal of untangling and code cleanup.  It's also going
to completely screw a whole heap of my cleanup patches.  Oh well.

(Still hoping for an executive summary from the PPC folks).

Cheers!
Rusty.


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