From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 17:22:56 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 C70991065676 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:56 +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 892188FC13 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:56 +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 o2CHMuBP031980; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:22:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o2CHMtXg031979; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:22:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:22:55 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20100312172255.GC31089@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Scott Long , Scot Hetzel , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> <077AD48E-76D1-459A-9493-8DCB297A98DF@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <077AD48E-76D1-459A-9493-8DCB297A98DF@samsco.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: Scot Hetzel , Nathan Whitehorn , 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 Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org 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 17:22:56 -0000 On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:54:32PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:14 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. > > Seriously, this is being debated? FreeBSD 3.2? Is this a joke? > I caught the humor in the first couple of replies, but you sound > serious. Wow. Yes it is. Where was it discussed first? I do not see anything in my freebsd-arch or freebsd-current archive; or any other FreeBSD list. If there wasn't already a well established meaning to "COMPAT_FREEBSD" (grep for it in /usr/src/sys/conf/), there probably wouldn't be any real complaints. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)