Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:16:53PM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:39:02PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       christos
> > Date:               Mon Jan 19 17:39:02 UTC 2009
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/kern: kern_cpu.c
> >     src/sys/sys: cpuio.h
> > Added Files:
> >     src/sys/compat/sys: cpuio.h
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > provide compat_50
> 
> +#ifdef COMPAT_50
> +#include <compat/sys/cpuio.h>
> +#endif
> 
> This doesn't work properly any more, when put in code outside a compat
> module, because i386 (soon x86) doesn't get this in GENERIC. I sent
> a mail about it a while ago, can't remember the title.

As an aside, the documented interface is cpuctl(8). It would be good to have
a policy on compatibility (my vote, obviously, is application programs only!).

Thanks,
Andrew