Re: [PATCH] kconfig: use $K64BIT to set 64BIT with all*config targets

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 03:59:54PM +0100, Guillaume Chazarain wrote:
> > I'm wondering why you don't use two different O= output directories
> > instead?
> >
> > Depending on the CONFIG_ option in question this might even greatly
> > reduce your compile times.
> 
> /me is filled with wonder at the discovery that .config is saved in the O=
> directory. Thanks a lot Adrian for this time saver. So it's not strictly an
> output directory, more a build directory.
The opposite....
All output is placed there - including the configuration generated by
the *config frontends.
It is not limited to kernel-build output.

One of the use cases for "make O=.." is a setup where the kernel source
is located in a RO location (CDROM, restricted permissions etc).

	Sam
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