Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32

From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:14:29 -0600
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Mike Jakubik
<mike.jakubik_at_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.

Scot
Received on Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:14:30 UTC

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