On 07.10.2024 10:15, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 9:07 AM Frediano Ziglio
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 8:03 AM Jan Beulich <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05.10.2024 15:21, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>>> On 05/10/2024 9:02 am, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
>>>>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
>>>>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
>>>>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>>>>> -obj-bin-y += head.o cbundle.o
>>>>> +obj-bin-y += head.o cbundle.o reloc-trampoline.x64.o
>>>>
>>>> Ah.  I think the $(obj)/%.x64.o rule you had in the previous patch wants
>>>> introducing here.
>>>>
>>>> That said, x64 is the one name for 64bit that we reliably don't use.
>>>> Also...
>>>>
>>>>> -head-bin-objs := cmdline.o reloc.o
>>>>> +head-bin-objs := cmdline.o reloc.o reloc-trampoline.o
>>>>
>>>> ... head-bin-objs isn't really correct now seeing as they're not
>>>> binaries in head.S.  Also ...
>>>>
>>>>>  nocov-y   += $(head-bin-objs)
>>>>>  noubsan-y += $(head-bin-objs)
>>>>
>>>> The no$(foo)'s needs extending to the 64bit objects too.  They're also
>>>> used early enough to explode.
>>>>
>>>> In Xen, 64bit objects are the norm, and it's 32bit ones which are the
>>>> exception, so how about we special case *.i386.o instead.  Then
>>>>
>>>> obj32 := cmdline.i386.o
>>>> obj32 += reloc.i386.o
>>>> obj32 += reloc-trampoline.i386.o
>>>
>>> I'd like to advocate for ix86 or i686. i386 gives a wrong impression imo.
>>
>> Why not simply x86 ? We already use it.
>>
> 
> Looking at current files, we also use (to distinguish more clearly 32
> and 64 bit) x86_32.

Either would be fine with me; as to x86 I took it that Andrew wanted to
express the 32-bit-ness, which x86 alone doesn't unambiguously do.

Jan

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