[ Some CC's stripped ] On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, M. Warner Losh wrote: > P.S. I think that there's much traction to the idea of moving from > COMPAT_FREEBSDx to some other variable called, for example, > COMPAT_FREEBSD_BACK_TO=x, which will give compatibility for binaries > as old as FreeBSD x.0, and have all the other magic handled behind the > scenes. This would render the inconsistency with COMPAT_FREEBSDx part > of the debate completely moot. Doesn't matter. We're still use to COMPAT_FREEBSDx since it's been here so long. So regardless if you rename them to COMPAT_FREEBSD_BACK_TO=x, it is still potentially confusing. COMPAT_ARCH32 and all other choices David mentions seem like much better names - even if there wasn't any existing COMPAT_FREEBSDx knobs. My $0.02. -- DEReceived on Mon Mar 22 2010 - 18:42:26 UTC
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