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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:28:24 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Marius Strobl <marius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r228858 - head/sys/conf
Message-ID:  <201112241228.pBOCSO0m013105@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: marius
Date: Sat Dec 24 12:28:23 2011
New Revision: 228858
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/228858

Log:
  Update a comment to reflect reality and explain why we're using the
  medany code model.

Modified:
  head/sys/conf/kern.mk

Modified: head/sys/conf/kern.mk
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/conf/kern.mk	Sat Dec 24 12:16:38 2011	(r228857)
+++ head/sys/conf/kern.mk	Sat Dec 24 12:28:23 2011	(r228858)
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ INLINE_LIMIT?=	15000
 .endif
 
 #
-# For sparc64 we want medlow code model, and we tell gcc to use floating
+# For sparc64 we want the medany code model so modules may be located
+# anywhere in the 64-bit address space.  We also tell GCC to use floating
 # point emulation.  This avoids using floating point registers for integer
 # operations which it has a tendency to do.
 #



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