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Date:      Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:36:55 -0300
From:      "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
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/...
Message-ID:  <e71790db1003120436u34370f40x64a72da41893a39a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Whitehorn
<nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> 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 platform=
s,
> =A0for upcoming 64-bit PowerPC and MIPS support. This renames the COMPAT_=
IA32
> =A0option to COMPAT_FREEBSD32, removes some IA32-specific code from MI pa=
rts
> =A0of the kernel and enhances the freebsd32 compatibility code to support
> =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.

--=20
Not so young, but still crying out
Full of anger full of doubt



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