From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 02:53:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10439106566B; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4858FC13; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so1820131fxm.3 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=R13rcov9zNr0IKB6rsQm/IhMEGaTUeL2K2zhf5PI0T8=; b=q0SrwmUe8mJG7VQwdHMGVHzhCzsxhvdNtiFFvgNpYSkrV2JjOtP/aY0Btqs8B4Ekde W7YDyjMB68JzmrI2Fb0ZZff6e7lmBsV+c3wKRPWDxiIHUW/fdxIUetIcseTcdwGMKNrw QUL9ZUjpiIEnQysMAte0KOOCzfXoSLiQFxLZE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oj4KM0iseFvWf9TPJevCoCjn1pNKBDzDDmvomDRZHstH450YhyyrqVI2eh7DqO71zb c44WNatq9ys1AOLEWOHe3Ic8YAjFBzf2c0OP/reJ9VqIFd5U9yx8VPdaHrdA7UsVCgTG 6YDR1iyiNs8cCn4B9CJ0lNXb2wJHdiHEKXAno= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.187.133 with SMTP id l5mr165681hbh.113.1268448826733; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@FreeBSD.org> References: <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org> <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:53:46 -0300 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: Rui Paulo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn Subject: Re: svn commit: r205014 - in head: . sys/amd64/amd64 sys/amd64/conf sys/amd64/include sys/amd64/linux32 sys/compat/freebsd32 sys/compat/ia32 sys/conf sys/fs/procfs sys/ia64/conf sys/ia64/ia64 sys/ia64/... X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:49 -0000 On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Rui Paulo wrote: > > On 12 Mar 2010, at 21:36, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Whitehorn >> wrote: >>> >>> Author: nwhitehorn >>> Date: Thu Mar 11 14:49:06 2010 >>> New Revision: 205014 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/205014 >>> >>> Log: >>> =A0Provide groundwork for 32-bit binary compatibility on non-x86 platfo= rms, >>> =A0for upcoming 64-bit PowerPC and MIPS support. This renames the >>> COMPAT_IA32 >>> =A0option to COMPAT_FREEBSD32, removes some IA32-specific code from MI >>> parts >>> =A0of the kernel and enhances the freebsd32 compatibility code to suppo= rt >>> =A0big-endian platforms. >> >> COMPAT_FREEBSD32 is an unfortunate choice. It can be easily >> interpreted as "compatible with FreeBSD 3.2". Something like >> "COMPAT_32BIT" would be more meaningful. > > There's a lengthy discussion about this on another mailing list. > > This is unlikely to be changed and emailing the committer who provided > valuable time on this code wastes his time and everyone else's. So the user - the person to whom the software is made, theoretically - don't have the right to disagree when he sees a change that looks confusing "because the committers's time is too valuable". Sorry, I was not aware of that policy. Please forgive my audacity. Keep in mind that we, the users, are a bunch of idiots that don't like to become astonished by sudden changes in the meaning of the symbols that we use to see. Thanks God we have you, the holly committers to protect us from our own ignorance. --=20 Not so young, but still crying out Full of anger full of doubt