Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:08:41 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: jdp@FreeBSD.ORG, nate@mt.sri.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include asnames.h Message-ID: <199810040108.TAA26613@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199810040105.LAA12996@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <199810040105.LAA12996@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> Modified files: > >> sys/i386/include asnames.h > >> Log: > >> Two new C symbols were added to apm_setup.s but not put into > >> asnames.h. That broke builds of ELF kernels. *Whap*. > > > >This was done in June, *LONG* before ELF was even considered a > >possibility. Somehow this sort of thing has to change, since it's not > > ELF was considered a possibility when asnames.h was added in April. 1997. Not in my book. Maybe in 'core', but certainly not to the 'peanut gallery comitters'. > >at all obvious that something needs to be added here (unless you get an > >error after the fact and you know asnames is the right place to look.) > > Committers should know about it. Committers already have way too many other 'magic numbers' such as this to worry about. There are only so many brain cells left over to do FreeBSD hacking that inconsistant kernel comitters have no chance of getting it right, hence they shouldn't be committing, hence nothing gets done. :( Nate
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