From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 13:52:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BD311065673; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@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 9B0328FC14; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:52:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so1205263fxm.3 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=0FX1yD9KbazoYE7gqLdp24oNl7IX9ycyVgJEA5lcNNM=; b=LhYTQT2GSmNd9rrgOBduq8SwxXKo5vYJqnanrbiw5HgJvjhk9KZ/9C+CNG/RZjy2OH idhkmXk2yBA+edPsb1SDEbQq+5hrC2amlwyjnuLQrZQELyeTNoEJjGjsICreWx0UyJ6G /QqQ4QobPl/jl1K+TtRr2UyKs256qzCXN0cG4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=aPpbgTTGirLi4rv33YuaTPFr1zY/2nEVOL7yyhnhwahEdUwAaCUI5JiSqbkMK3pFb9 UZiYLndhvRKtwPUcmctUMb69MxIT936PS5BrkoZ5iXBI/5exgdnS5Ro29+zBVDJoMWvh DtUGYSM0hgCOWKKkG4bSF5NOFtqyP2Tbe5jYI= Received: by 10.102.17.3 with SMTP id 3mr2836522muq.35.1268401969332; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.10.20] (s224.GtokyoFL6.vectant.ne.jp [222.228.90.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i7sm5001452mue.4.2010.03.12.05.52.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:47 -0800 (PST) Sender: Rui Paulo Message-Id: <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@FreeBSD.org> From: Rui Paulo To: Carlos A. M. dos Santos In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:52:27 +0900 References: <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) 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-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:52:51 -0000 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: >> Provide groundwork for 32-bit binary compatibility on non-x86 >> platforms, >> for upcoming 64-bit PowerPC and MIPS support. This renames the >> COMPAT_IA32 >> option to COMPAT_FREEBSD32, removes some IA32-specific code from >> MI parts >> of the kernel and enhances the freebsd32 compatibility code to >> support >> big-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. -- Rui Paulo