Subject: Re: COMPAT_FREEBSD for port-amd64? (fwd)
To: None <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/26/2007 09:54:24
Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com> writes:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>> By "COMPAT_FREEBSD" on amd64, do you mean 32 bit compatibility or 64
>> bit, because those are different problems.
>
> Well, I'd intended it to mean 64-bit, but of course both would be nice!
> Wouldn't we use
>
> 	options	COMPAT_FREEBSD32
>
> for 32-bit compatability, as in
>
> 	#options COMPAT_LINUX32  # req. COMPAT_LINUX and COMPAT_NETBSD32

I'm sure the code could be written pretty easily, but "someone has to
do it". A port of the code that runs on x86 should be pretty
straightforward if you have time to do it...

Perry