Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 21:57:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object Message-ID: <l03130301b1977e68fd4e@[208.2.87.10]> In-Reply-To: <199805312213.PAA16988@usr06.primenet.com> References: <l0313030fb196e885c687@[208.2.87.10]> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at May 31, 98 11:30:05 am
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At 10:13 PM -0000 5/31/98, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >The point is to make a port for FreeBSD 3.x work on FreeBSD 235.x, not >> >the reverse. In other words, "compile once, run anywhere". >> > >> >The binary compatability from FreeBSD 3.x to FreeBSD 235.x is a >> >problem for the XANDF processor during the install. >> >> And for it to be possible, there must be a "compatability library" of some >> kind. I was meaning a library in the sense of emulating otherwise discarded constructs. >>By the time we get to FreeBSD 235.x, do you really expect to be >> able to support today's hack dejuor which relies on the present major/minor >> device numbers? I think not. > >Quite right. Software which depends on these constructs will fail to >operate. You have conceded my point. >Well, I am (I hope) well known as an advocate of "revolution instead of >evolution"; technology moves too damn slow for me as it is If you are successful, FreeBSD will not reach 235.x. It will have gotten another name long before. >I agree that at some point you are going to lose backward compatability; >I think, however, that XANDF will push this off, since most of the >historical compatability issues can be resolved by regenerating the >assembly code, and relinking, which is implied. I don't disagree. However, "push ... off" is far different from your initial statement. >I *really* look forward to the day when I can buy an XANDF Motif >library, and use it on all my hardware, regardless of the CPU type. >8-0. Aren't we really just emulating an "XANDF" machine with an XANDF->whatever micro-code expanded inline? Where is my XANDF native machine? Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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