Provide groundwork for 32-bit binary compatibility on non-x86 platforms,

for upcoming 64-bit PowerPC and MIPS support. This renames the COMPAT_IA32
option to COMPAT_FREEBSD32, removes some IA32-specific code from MI parts
of the kernel and enhances the freebsd32 compatibility code to support
big-endian platforms.

Reviewed by:	kib, jhb

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 6331db6..fd8a611 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW:
 	machines to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
 	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
 
+20100311:
+	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
+	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
+	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
+	be modified accordingly.
+
 20100113:
 	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
 	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.