On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:41:29AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:34:37AM +0100, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 03:37:31PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > > Note: This patch does not fix the uname -m issue - to do so > > > Andreas' patch is needed. > > > > > > Sam > > > > Linus, > > > > The issue Sam refers to is that UTS_MACHINE is set to "x86" instead of > > "i386" or "x86_64" when building with ARCH=x86. Thus the new kernel > > when booted will give either "x86" on x86_64 and many i386 systems or > > even "x66" on other i386 systems for 'uname -m'. > > > > Many tools rely on the usual values of "x86_64", "i366" and "i686" > > here. So we shouldn't change this. > > Andreas - I will suggest you to submit a new patch with > a better changelog where you jsut describe what you fix. > The above explanations looks a bit weird if read stand alone.
Ok, I'll resend the patch with an updated changelog asap. > You can always add additional comments after the line containing: > --- > > In this way it is not included in the changelog but Linus can read it. > > Anyway - your patch has my ack. Thanks, Andreas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/