-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24.03.2010 01:49, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, jhell <jhell_at_dataix.net> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:42, deischen_at_ wrote: >>> >>> [ 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> Ill say it again if I have to... COMPAT_ELF32 or possibly even ELF32_SUPPORT >> seems to me as a very likely possibility. >> >> Maybe even: >> SUPPORT_ELF32= # Support for 32 Bit ELF Binaries >> >> This would add its own name structure that is expandabe later-in-future when >> 128 Bit systems come out ;) > > ELF may go away sometime, just like a.out went to the holly pastures. It may. But having a confusing directive (the COMPAT_FREEBSD32 vs COMPAT_FREEBSD[4567]) is likely to stay with us for a long, long, long time. Just like the scarring after a bullet wound to the foot. //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein_at_d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein_at_jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein_at_stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail_at_stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein_at_jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mobile_at_stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkupYt4ACgkQODUnwSLUlKTWHQCePMfrdHKqTryA5DQ4T8aRlKfM jwUAnRmjdXdAwXB2gEvgNV8609ctqDY9 =q+B1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----Received on Tue Mar 23 2010 - 23:55:20 UTC
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