From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 04:24:58 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 2A69C106564A; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f199.google.com (mail-pz0-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD868FC0C; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so178127pzk.7 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:57 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hQZ9KJCLjikSNLpgQNXdfN33B/HDShKWwcOvXDfIhEY=; b=vAHM5dCI7lVdaEBCcL3fW8YYAQV5altsfzGQAn8HmiKkh6Jm/6xHbomjMzTtRtMrDM sQekmU7RBhK7zfyBb3LZKficL+TqBzP1y3H57vhPgikIVYumvia9PZBO/Rx43R7IKy5o 7vQABeDQKQXxiBkOZ3crAg8LFUS+wby0kUmpc= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZErlUPFT0q/Tqo44DyC93dE5sddH26IDXaGTeEg5YR/InEMNWKYKR46omGau7/fG8Y 5kNbpFeiv7LXWBE1n7m3YUSCBOZOOcy4uUZ1sfnfQcPXrB+YQZ2zq+5YafQ9Rk8Ni6FQ aOkFPYImzx6GOZHrNxrtFVIyXkmkcboakuBEQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.21.5 with SMTP id y5mr2020865wfi.324.1268367897436; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100311.192423.683591382013853731.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d1003111720g7dccf93w1f51db88758a5c4d@mail.gmail.com> <20100311.192423.683591382013853731.imp@bsdimp.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:57 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1003112024o646afbf2w1ee4d81abae7e608@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: "M. Warner Losh" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: swhetzel@gmail.com, nwhitehorn@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 04:24:58 -0000 On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:24 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <7d6fde3d1003111720g7dccf93w1f51db88758a5c4d@mail.gmail.com> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Garrett Cooper writes: > : 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 6= 4-bit > : >>> platforms, the kernel options COMPAT_IA32 has been renamed COMPAT_F= REEBSD32 > : >>> in revision 205014, so all kernel configurations including this opt= ion 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? > > What does the name matter, really? > > This will be documented, and mirrors the kernel source > compat/freebsd32. > > Put another way: if everybody that's going to comment on the name > would instead fix one bug from the PR database with the time they > spend commenting on it, would FreeBSD be better or worse off than > spending dozens of hours arguing over COMPAT_X32 vs COMPAT_Y32 vs > COMPAT_FLYING_MONKEYS? I can haz PR review then? Here's an easy one :)... http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D144644 Thanks, -Garrett