Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 13:31:03 +0200 From: des@ofug.org (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c support.s src/sys/i386/include md_var.h src/sys/i386/isa npx.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 support.s src/sys/powerpc/powerpc bcopy.c sr Message-ID: <xzpbrzlchag.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030405160449.L37042@gamplex.bde.org> (Bruce Evans's message of "Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:22:23 %2B1000 (EST)") References: <200304041729.h34HTtVb027430@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030404173635.GA22147@rot13.obsecurity.org> <xzppto2c6v7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030405160449.L37042@gamplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes: > The main problem with the commit is not mentioned in its log message: > changing bzero from a function pointer back to a function breaks > binary compatibility of many modules. I am aware of that... > In defence of this, 5.0 breaks > binary compatibility of most modules for other reasons. which is precisely why I took the liberty of doing it now, before 5.x goes -STABLE. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@ofug.org
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