Is there a GOOD reason why the autodetected ARCH is still ARCH=i386 or ARCH=x86_64 and not ARCH=x86

Hi

I have several x86-32bit system and compile them on a x86-64bit system.

Whenever i forget to supply "ARCH=x86" for *config/build/whatever this messes with the build or totaly botches the .config (for *config)

Why isn't i386 and x86_64 just treated as "x86"?

Or at least don't overrwrite THE first 4 CONFIGs:
CONFIG_64BIT
CONFIG_X86_32
CONFIG_X86_64
CONFIG_X86
for an existing .config.

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