On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 08:43:10PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote: > >> How would this fit in the logic where IIUC you just remove '_64' from > >> 'x86_64' to get 'x86' > > > > Huh? That's not what tools/scripts/Makefile.arch does. > > Hum ... yes sorry I looked at it too quickly and mixed things up with > the other patch. > > Nevertheless, if I understand well what tools/scripts/Makefile.arch does > on an x86_64 for instance: > > uname -m returns x86_64 > HOSTARCH = x86 (sed -e s/x86_64/x86) > ARCH = x86 > SRCARCH = x86 > > If you build with make ARCH=x86_64, > SRCARCH = x86 > > So I still can't see how you can use that to know if it is a x86_64 or not. By the use of CONFIG_X86_32, which is also used elsewhere in that samme makefile for something else (so I assume it's wired up in the context where it counts, and if not, that's a bug that affects both spots and should be fixed)..
