Re: [PATCH 2/3] Automatically set CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64

["Franck Bui-Huu" <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>]

On 2/14/07, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:09:32 +0100, "Franck Bui-Huu" <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > It should be done by patch #3 instead where CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 is
> > renamed into CONFIG_64BIT_BUILD_ELF32. Any suggestions for a better
> > name ?
>
> I think "ELF32" or "ELF64" word is improper while this is irrelevant
> to ELF format.  This makes confusion with CONFIG_BOOT_ELF32.
>
> How about simple BUILD_SYM32?  And replase BUILD_ELF32 with
> BUILD_SYM32 too?
That's a good point. What about replacing BUILD by KBUILD meaning this
macro is coming from Kbuild itsel ?

And maybe it would be interesting to make obvious that this macro
implies 64-bits kernel. What about something like KBUILD_64BIT_SYM32
and replace 'BUILD_ELF32=no' by 'KBUILD_SYM32=no' ?
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              Franck