On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:42, deischen@ wrote:
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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 ;)
Regards,
--
jhell
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