Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:17:23 -0500 From: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> To: Gardner Bell <gbell72@rogers.com> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options Message-ID: <27ade5280912041417s272c60aby9c7dd2db46305a93@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <481610.50905.qm@web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <20091204215231.GA32092@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <481610.50905.qm@web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Gardner Bell <gbell72@rogers.com> wrote: > --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> >> Subject: Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options >> To: "APseudoUtopia" <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> >> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >> Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 9:52 PM >> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 04:39:59PM >> -0500, APseudoUtopia wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm working on editing the kernel configuration file >> for a custom >> > kernel. The system will be running FreeBSD >> 8.0-RELEASE-p1. I'm >> > wondering about the use of the COMPAT options in the >> kernel config. >> > COMPAT_43 >> >> Well, COMPAT_43 one isn't even in GENERIC anymore, so I >> guess it is not that >> important anymore. >> >> > COMPAT_43TTY >> >> This is still in the GENERIC kernel. I'd keep it in >> initially. Then build a >> kernel without it. If that fails to start the system >> properly, you'll always >> have a good kernel to fall back on. >> >> Have a look at what is written under COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS >> in /sys/conf/NOTES. >> >> > COMPAT_FREEBSD[4-7] >> >> If you do not have binaries from ealier FreeBSD versions >> around, you can skip >> these. >> > > FWIW, a FreeBSD 8.0 kernel fails to build without COMPAT_FREEBSD7 so I'd keep that. > > It didn't for me....I initially compiled with not a single COMPAT option before I sent the mail to this list. I wanted to inquire about it before I installed the kernel. But it did build with no COMPAT options at all....
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