Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:14:29 -0600 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 Message-ID: <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com>
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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: >> >> 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. >> > > That sounds a bit confusing, compatibility with FreeBSD 3.2? > I agree that the name COMPAT_FREEBSD32 is confusing, does it mean compatiblity with FreeBSD 3.2, FreeBSD 32 or 32-bit ARCH's. A better name would have been COMPAT_ARCH32 or COMPAT_32BIT_ARCH. Scot
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