> At that particular time I think Kenner was mostly focused on the alpha > and ppc ports, but I think he was also still poking around with romp and > a29k. I think romp is an unlikely target for this because it didn't > promote modes and it wasn't even building for several months > (April->late July).
Obviously, I have no recollection of that change at all. In July of 1994, I don't believe I was actively working on much in the way of ports, though I could be misremembering. My guess is that this change was to fix some bug, but I'm a bit mystified why I'd have batched so many different changes together in one ChangeLog entry like that. I think you're correct that it was most likely the Alpha that showed the bug.