Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:29:50 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Preferred place for MD code for new libraries? Message-ID: <650DAD7F-FB70-4335-98A6-326A3C18DF10@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4EFA8357.5040101@delphij.net> References: <4EFA8357.5040101@delphij.net>
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On Dec 27, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Xin Li wrote: > It seems that we have two different style of arranging files. One is > the libc way, where MD code are put directly under src/lib/libc, > another is libthr way, where MD code are put under = src/lib/libthr/arch, > which is the preferred for new libraries? Do we want to convert from > one to another by the way? New code generally has been adding arch/ where this sort of thing is = necessary. Old code retains the old layout. There's been some heated = debates about whether or not it makes sense to move things en mass. = With subversion, many of the old arguments are not valid (since they = centered around cvs repo copy suckage). However, in addition to the = technical issue, there was the 'social' issue that some loud and = outspoken people hated it, while more, less forceful, folks liked it. = Thankfully many of the loudest yellers have mellowed with the decade or = so that's passed since the issue was last openly litigated. Warner
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