2010/2/26 Xin LI <delp...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Attilio Rao <atti...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> 2010/2/26 M. Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com>: >>> In message: <201002251413.o1peddkv033...@svn.freebsd.org> >>> Attilio Rao <atti...@freebsd.org> writes: >>> : Author: attilio >>> : Date: Thu Feb 25 14:13:39 2010 >>> : New Revision: 204309 >>> : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204309 >>> : >>> : Log: >>> : Introduce the new kernel sub-tree x86 which should contain all the code >>> : shared and generalized between our current amd64, i386 and pc98. >>> : >>> : This is just an initial step that should lead to a more complete effort. >>> : For the moment, a very simple porting of cpufreq modules, BIOS calls and >>> : the whole MD specific ISA bus part is added to the sub-tree but ideally >>> : a lot of code might be added and more shared support should grow. >>> >>> Cool! >>> >>> : Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated >>> : Reviewed by: emaste, kib, jhb, imp >>> : Discussed on: arch >>> : MFC: 3 weeks >>> >>> Is this really wise? Are these changes KPI neutral? >> >> I don't think there are (still) KPI changes. >> Which one are you referring to? > > I think Warner means that there will be some header files to change > their location, making certain (I doubt there is any but just in case) > kernel modules maintained by third party to break (technically these > are not part of KPI but something that _could_ make third party > developers unhappy I guess).
Yes but what is already compiled (thirdy-part modules included) will keep working without a glance. I think there have been already MFCed patches doing headers movements in the past. Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
