On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 05:48:27PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I am assuming that arch/aarch64 > > There should be no such thing. > > This game of calling things 5 names has to stop.
I'm equally irritated and would like to reach a consensus on a single, final name. I see three candidates: * armv8 * aarch64 * arm64 armv8 is the umbrella name for architecture, and fits our previous precedent (armv7). armv8 processors allow execution of 32 bit binaries however, which conflicts with our intention to have everything 64-bit on this new arch aarch64 would eliminate this conflict but doesn't really refer to an architecture the way that names in arch/ should arm64 is the precedent set by other bsd's. We have a generalized arch/arm directory that doesn't support specific boards but holds shared arm sources, suggesting arm64 would be a similar directory for generalized 64-bit arm code (it wouldn't) Let's decide this soon and avoid bikeshedding. I like armv8. Ian
