Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:08 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1003111720g7dccf93w1f51db88758a5c4d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Mike Jakubik > <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> 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
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