Re: [RFC] arch names

Robert Love (rml@tech9.net)
27 May 2002 16:39:48 -0700


On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 08:07, J.A. Magallon wrote:

> After five minutes working on the arches patch, I realized that
> if PII gets split away, CONFIG_M686 only stands for PPro, so it
> would be worth a rename to CONFIG_MPENTIUMPRO ?

Yah, it would. CONFIG_M686 is now too general - unless we want
CONFIG_M686 _and_ a specific arch, like CONFIG_MPII. Then we can check
just the general case (M686) or the specific chip (MPII) as needed.

Also, CONFIG_MPPRO is easier on the eyes :)

> Only drawback is that people (ie - distros) could not just copy their old
> .config and build...

They should `make oldconfig' anyhow...

Robert Love

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