Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:32 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 Message-ID: <077AD48E-76D1-459A-9493-8DCB297A98DF@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Scot Hetzel wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Mike Jakubik > <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> wrote: >> On 3/11/2010 9:50 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>=20 >>> As a result of importing 32-bit compatibility support for non-x86 = 64-bit >>> platforms, the kernel options COMPAT_IA32 has been renamed = COMPAT_FREEBSD32 >>> in revision 205014, so all kernel configurations including this = option must >>> be modified accordingly. >>>=20 >>=20 >> That sounds a bit confusing, compatibility with FreeBSD 3.2? >>=20 > I agree that the name COMPAT_FREEBSD32 is confusing, does it mean > compatiblity with FreeBSD 3.2, FreeBSD 32 or 32-bit ARCH's. >=20 > A better name would have been COMPAT_ARCH32 or COMPAT_32BIT_ARCH. >=20 Seriously, this is being debated? FreeBSD 3.2? Is this a joke? I = caught the humor in the first couple of replies, but you sound serious. = Wow. Scott
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