On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:27:40PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > > Can you fix the bug that menuconfig does not let me enable CONFIG_64BIT?
> > >
> > > make ARCH=x86_64 allyesconfig
> > > will set CONFIG_64BIT for you - no?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > But this still leaves the fact that when someone says 'allyesconfig'
> > it's no longer clear which configuration he has.
> Assuming you are on an x86 box...
>
> make allyesconfig will give you a config for same OS bit-size as you run.
> make ARCH=i386 allyesconfig gives you a 32 bit config
> make ARCH=x86_64 allyesconfig gives you a 64 bit config
>
> make ARCH=x86 allyesconfig gives you a 32 bit config where you can select 64
> bit.
>
> It was seen as the best solution when unifying 32 and 64 bit stuff
> and introducing support for ARCH=x86.
>
> No-one has complained until now so most people seems to get it
> or maybe they are just silent.
Or I'm the only person doing kernel development on a 32bit x86 machine?
Even oldconfig is busted since the Kconfig choice is not available
without explicitely setting ARCH.
> Sam
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