Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:10:29 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/77355: Detect i*86 subarches for uname Message-ID: <200502102310.j1ANATUQ077531@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/77355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/77355: Detect i*86 subarches for uname Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:08:26 -0800 On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:37:44PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > >Number: 77355 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: Detect i*86 subarches for uname > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 10 18:10:22 GMT 2005 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Robert Millan > >Release: GNU/kFreeBSD 5.3-3 i686 > >Organization: > Debian > >Environment: > System: GNU/kFreeBSD aragorn 5.3-3 #0: Thu Feb 10 15:39:57 CET 2005 i686 GNU/KFreeBSD > > > > >Description: > This patch enables the kernel of FreeBSD to give output of i*86 subarches > in the uname kernel call. As a result, `uname -m' may print "i686", etc > instead of always "i386". Why? Sounds like it could break a lot of stuff. Kris
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