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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@yahoo.fr>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:14:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071111051408.GC21669@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3d8471ca0711101255m1647e27cm241f358cc49a9921@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:55:06PM +0100, Guillaume Chazarain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11/10/07, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> > The variable K64BIT can now be used to select the
> > value of CONFIG_64BIT.
>
> Why not calling the environment variable CONFIG_64BIT,
> in preparation of the day when all CONFIG_ variables can
> be passed by environment variables?
What exactly are the use cases where someone would need this?
> Guillaume
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Adrian
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Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-10 20:40 [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 20:43 ` [PATCH] x86: introduce ARCH=i386,ARCH=x86_64 to select 32/64 bit Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-10 22:23 ` [PATCH] kconfig: document make K64BIT=y in README Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:18 ` [PATCH] x86: Use CONFIG_64BIT to select between 32 and 64 bit in Kconfig Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 20:55 ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 5:14 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-11-11 12:43 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 13:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 14:59 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-11 15:30 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11 15:55 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-11-10 22:16 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:31 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-14 20:57 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-14 22:08 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 15:43 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 19:25 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 19:43 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 20:45 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-15 21:24 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-15 22:06 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16 1:28 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16 3:44 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-16 13:02 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-16 5:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-16 12:54 ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-06 13:26 ` kconfig: support option env="" [Was: kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets] Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14 3:49 ` Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 5:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-14 3:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] explicitly introduce expression list Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 3:50 ` [PATCH 2/3] environment symbol support Roman Zippel
2008-01-14 3:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] use environment option Roman Zippel
2007-11-10 22:33 ` [PATCH 0/5] introduce K64BIT=y and backward compatibility ARCH={i386,x86_64} for x86 Randy Dunlap
2007-11-10 22:50 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-11 5:09 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 11:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 2:47 ` Roman Zippel
2007-11-12 5:23 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 20:54 [PATCH revised] enable make ARCH=x86 (and stay backward compatible) Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: unification of cfufreq/Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: start unification of arch/x86/Kconfig.* Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu unification Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: add X86_32 dependency to i386 specific symbols in Kconfig.i386 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: add X86_64 dependency to x86_64 specific symbols in Kconfig.x86_64 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: copy x86_64 specific Kconfig symbols to Kconfig.i386 Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: move all simple arch settings to Kconfig Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] x86: move the rest of the menu's " Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] kconfig: factor out code in confdata.c Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] kconfig: add helper to set config symbol from environment variable Sam Ravnborg
2007-11-12 21:00 ` [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets Sam Ravnborg
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