Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:04:40 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r226343 - head/sys/vm Message-ID: <CC78FD86-8B14-49EE-A2AA-4B1EE186A4BB@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <201110131707.14466.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201110131620.p9DGKAM2022926@svn.freebsd.org> <20111013190943.GM1511@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <D6F3D623-23A5-4147-A439-746AD670DE14@xcllnt.net> <201110131707.14466.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:07 PM, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> That's really besides the point. ABI changes are made deliberately >> and ABIs must be well-documented for anyone to adhere to it. You >> can't post hoc wave your hand and say that at some unspecified time >> in the past the ABI changed: at what precise time does "supported >> by hardware mean" and how does that tie to a major FreeBSD version? >> >> Point in case: the JDK 1.4.x still works on FreeBSD 9.x (i386), so >> the ABI really hasn't changed at all in that respect. > > I think if you booted a FreeBSD 9.x i386 PAE kernel you'd find that the > jdk did not work. That will be true for any i386 PAE kernel back to > when PG_NX support was introduced. That's bad. -- Marcel Moolenaar marcel@xcllnt.net
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