From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 17:28:12 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 381EE106564A; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:28:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB538FC1C; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o2CHSBvV032099; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o2CHSBCL032098; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:11 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Rui Paulo Message-ID: <20100312172811.GA31991@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org> <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" , 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 Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org 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 17:28:12 -0000 On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:52:27PM +0900, 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: >>> 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. $ cd /usr/src/sys $ wcfind . -type f | xargs sed -i '' -e 's/COMPAT_FREEBSD32/COMPAT_32BIT/g' really doesn't take much developer time. I can whip up the patch for review. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)