From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 00:49:54 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 ACD1E106566B for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1588FC0C for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so1233327fga.13 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:49:52 -0700 (PDT) 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=LTwJIJvxnoHEcPDnUEeBPSEq8KV+liiFCIf6D02AGgs=; b=V0XAoIgbxLF+fhvYu0Gh7EIYIrqHAG222Mf//iuqPdJJ/HkXe9UIXiqbhwpE+3/hr0 mT1Nz1tXlBLwx6PnDn2+tnAKqaYSEUY/U1r0zn5Si7ApFNO1kRUCx9vSu+UvRgUnVgvA kuU0ZZpshnPh+XRBMwXTM1DVrxfm+LwD182i4= 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=tuKDR66i/M+4X8abgOjjWM2XPoaTjfJn0ijd/PJHbkclm31sXPoM88ye82fXhJ7p9/ HrnY4PpcOWuhpFHP9NCWodBxZSLeGxqdFdd0an+HBokM7/ZrlBU+Nk0KXl9pyDfmaluX MQNzN8vHBDyZaXkJ+xMmGP3QBmmda5/ptSODw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.152.130 with SMTP id v2mr2083744hbb.168.1269391789775; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:49:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100312171758.GB31089@dragon.NUXI.org> <20100312.125032.270969355930630649.imp@bsdimp.com> <20100322185331.GA88847@dragon.NUXI.org> <20100322.130939.70320533309323962.imp@bsdimp.com> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:49:49 -0300 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: jhell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Daniel Eischen , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" 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: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:49:54 -0000 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, jhell wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:42, deischen@ wrote: >> >> [ Some CC's stripped ] >> >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, M. Warner Losh wrote: >> >>> P.S. =A0I think that there's much traction to the idea of moving from >>> COMPAT_FREEBSDx to some other variable called, for example, >>> COMPAT_FREEBSD_BACK_TO=3Dx, which will give compatibility for binaries >>> as old as FreeBSD x.0, and have all the other magic handled behind the >>> scenes. =A0This would render the inconsistency with COMPAT_FREEBSDx par= t >>> of the debate completely moot. >> >> Doesn't matter. =A0We're still use to COMPAT_FREEBSDx since >> it's been here so long. =A0So regardless if you rename them >> to COMPAT_FREEBSD_BACK_TO=3Dx, it is still potentially confusing. >> >> COMPAT_ARCH32 and all other choices David mentions seem like >> much better names - even if there wasn't any existing >> COMPAT_FREEBSDx knobs. >> >> My $0.02. >> >> > > > Ill say it again if I have to... COMPAT_ELF32 or possibly even ELF32_SUPP= ORT > seems to me as a very likely possibility. > > Maybe even: > SUPPORT_ELF32=3D =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Support for 32 Bit ELF Binaries > > This would add its own name structure that is expandabe later-in-future w= hen > 128 Bit systems come out ;) ELF may go away sometime, just like a.out went to the holly pastures. --=20 Not so young, but still crying out Full of anger full of doubt