[patch 02/10] powerpc: Move CONFIG_PPC64 into CPU selection

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jun 12 21:35:29 EST 2007


>> * The only major difference between ppc64 and the others is the
>>   object format of the kernel binary.
>
> I disagree with that.  There are major differences at the
> implementation level for a lot of things.

It would be good to converge the 32- and 64-bit implementations,
and/or allow a single kernel image to work on both 32-bit and
64-bit systems,  The current situation is far removed from that,
so this patch is a bit premature in that aspect.


Segher




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