From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 01:20:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 698FC106566B; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 357528FC13; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so402875pwj.13 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=qanAUEj3NXjhbBv6/q5OKymZrkQ6U5uTSzbPivMXnmA=; b=BfIGLJKQNSfZkgA194EN+MVLxVg2ixm4QzKHBPkUl7FRiu1GdT+E2CGyCnox3T259O 6yEJeNJXjoZEQQ5TujDU7tAzaClTmjqd86jj4RsdOQ+7MUXbrDszDEEqUe/xYyChKH++ hFCw+xApLnt99zLfnHqKMKJxBZYYzmV/Iy/P4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=IxUFSm5sn69zBG6TVojWSDrznU0OxenaPgnuL+N2+fMpWa2847sZuDY2Su57w6Vl2o EAhVPXa9xmwcPVMyUreXILeNgp5S33+UTl8X7OsCFX9XMNN23rjM71A1qAcDDf9GkX04 pjKT+jtZKZC4LR4DhaOnT9PjZ9yGnpeFnrUq0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.63.13 with SMTP id l13mr80723wfa.196.1268356808773; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:08 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1003111720g7dccf93w1f51db88758a5c4d@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Scot Hetzel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:09 -0000 On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Scot Hetzel wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Mike Jakubik > wrote: >> On 3/11/2010 9:50 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> >>> As a result of importing 32-bit compatibility support for non-x86 64-bit >>> platforms, the kernel options COMPAT_IA32 has been renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 >>> in revision 205014, so all kernel configurations including this option must >>> be modified accordingly. >>> >> >> That sounds a bit confusing, compatibility with FreeBSD 3.2? >> > I agree that the name COMPAT_FREEBSD32 is confusing, does it mean > compatiblity with FreeBSD 3.2, FreeBSD 32 or 32-bit ARCH's. > > A better name would have been COMPAT_ARCH32 or COMPAT_32BIT_ARCH. Agreed. Is it possible to change the name again because it really hasn't gotten much traction yet? Thanks, -Garrett