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Removing the i386 and x86_64 Directories

“‘This series kill the old i386 and x86_64 directories. The
relevant files are moved and adapted and Kconfig.debug was
consolidated (thanks to Randy),’ Sam Ravnborg said, describing a
set of 6 patches to finish the migration of physical files into the
new x86 architecture directory. He described it as ‘a nice patch
series that deletes more lines than it adds,’ going on to
explain:

“‘I had to modify both the top-level Makefile and the kconfig
Makefile to accomplish this. It was done in such a way that it is
trivial for other archs to use the same mechanism should they have
the need…'”


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