Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:14:02 +0200 From: Divacky Roman <xdivac02@stud.fit.vutbr.cz> To: current@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]: linuxator _without_ COMPAT_43 Message-ID: <20050820111402.GA23774@stud.fit.vutbr.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050820105751.GA23102@stud.fit.vutbr.cz> References: <20050820105751.GA23102@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>
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On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 12:57:51PM +0200, Divacky Roman wrote: > hi > > I made a patch which enables linuxator to work without COMPAT_43 option in > kernel. Thus we're almost free to remove COMPAT_43 from generic as nothing > widespread uses it no more. removing COMPAT_43 has advantage of speeding up the > kernel (take a look at gepid() function for example) and removing old code is > always good :) > > the patch itself is a rewrite from old patch from dragonfly (I dont know author > so sorry) and it was tested with "chroot /compat/linux /bin/bash; playing" and > playing video with realplay - both worked as expected. the test was done on > UP/i386 so I'd appreciate some testing on SMP etc. it currently supports just > i386 but porting it to other archs should be quite easy > > thnx for suggestions, comments etc > > roman > > p.s. pls CC: me as I am not subscribed to emulation@freebsd.org seems like I forgot to include the patch ;) its at: http://hysteria.sk/~neologism/linux43.patch
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