linux-2.3.31: drivers/char/drm/drmP.h does not allow 386 build
Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 22:38:31 -0800
As of linux-2.3.31, drivers/char/drm/drmP.h deliberately aborts
the compile the CPU type in the kernel build is configured to be 386.
The problem is that this is the way that one builds a kernel that can
run on any x86 (to avoid things like generating the BSWAP instruction,
which the 386 lacks). It does not necessarily mean that the CPU is
actually a 386. This change to drmP.h makes it impossible to build a fully
configured for the full x86 processor family. If there is some reason
why the "direct rendering infrastructure" should not run on a 386, then
this check should be done at run time, not compile time.
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