Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 05:24:07 -0700 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c support.s src/sys/i386/include md_var.h src/sys/i386/isa npx.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 support.s src/sys/powerpc/powerpc bcopy.csr Message-ID: <20030405122406.GB36962@hollin.btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpbrzlchag.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200304041729.h34HTtVb027430@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030404173635.GA22147@rot13.obsecurity.org> <xzppto2c6v7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030405160449.L37042@gamplex.bde.org> <xzpbrzlchag.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 01:31:03PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes: > > The main problem with the commit is not mentioned in its log message: > > changing bzero from a function pointer back to a function breaks > > binary compatibility of many modules. > > I am aware of that... > > > In defence of this, 5.0 breaks > > binary compatibility of most modules for other reasons. > > which is precisely why I took the liberty of doing it now, before 5.x > goes -STABLE. > As I've scolded others, changes to HEAD that change the ABI and/or API should be preceded by an email to re@. Please re-read the many emails about the semi-frozen state of HEAD for futher guidance. I'm not terribly thrilled by this change, but I'm not going to ask for a backout right now. Scott
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