From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 03:07:45 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 1952E1065670; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:07:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8403A8FC1D; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:07:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj15 with SMTP id 15so790677gwj.13 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:07:43 -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=kC2GQNiaLAoiupybBUChCcfzeqKsIOVOpZNyFQqX6Qs=; b=nvZDanI4gGJ/AsmgK0JJ0m6WHbyEAIrDKHObpHQ/fw+lju+nXcp/SSk8+vGcaCQs7m D7PmMgurU+2OXLT8a1WdBEwwdRGg3PzjIlNO+48u5jj3hEr6wkIYzyfUlEr+zdf/eRD0 Q1pM4cIEJSKOO+XaFdsTR+brqmAR5Q5qFmKis= 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=Fbvo3+OXH/Khz53G3Wdix0tZTKqyR8D5ydKSxHxvh+rwisk9HYndecfWDMNI6NwPhC c6CB1niM6s2vd0UHIxP28E7C1Tv26JGLu0Hjh/3GDsv0cTLttexDM1Gdd1QqaOFy27Lk SDQiNELEC5njOM6eDXroPzVgwi3FL6hmbP+VE= Received: by 10.100.233.4 with SMTP id f4mr315850anh.210.1268449663792; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:07:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.11.61] (197.214.32.202.bf.2iij.net [202.32.214.197]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm635576yxd.44.2010.03.12.19.07.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:07:42 -0800 (PST) Sender: Rui Paulo Message-Id: <43586297-42AF-46F7-9B55-6A9BADD78752@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: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:07:30 +0900 References: <201003111449.o2BEn6QY069179@svn.freebsd.org> <3F878223-7A35-4A27-9DA8-92239C635EC1@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: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:07:45 -0000 On 13 Mar 2010, at 11:53, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > 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: >>>> 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. > > 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. You said that, I didn't. Please refrain from distorting my own words. If you want something discussed, do it on the other list and, please, do it with a grown up attitude because, quite frankly, what you wrote doesn't make sense. Thank you, -- Rui Paulo