Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:10:02 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] SysV SHM on 64-bit platforms Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0801211606040.805@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20080121210145.GA9107@VARK.MIT.EDU> References: <200801181217.52788.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20080119121316.GA21917@VARK.MIT.EDU> <200801211152.07680.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20080121210145.GA9107@VARK.MIT.EDU>
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, David Schultz wrote: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008, Jung-uk Kim wrote: >> On Saturday 19 January 2008 07:13 am, David Schultz wrote: >>> For 8-CURRENT, I'd say go ahead and fix it and add the syscall >>> compat goop. Then I guess backport it to 7-STABLE after a while if >>> nothing important breaks and nobody has any objections to that >>> plan. >> >> Well, since the policy is 'no seat belt for -CURRENT', I think that is >> aceptable, too. > > Right, but you need the compat shims to avoid breaking the ABI > when 8.0 is released anyway. The compat shims should be committed at the same time as the actual change so that applications built on [4-7].x will continue to work. -- DE
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