Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:52:06 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Candidates for inclusion in DEFAULTS Message-ID: <20060102195206.az4i1xoffkgg0gs0@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <005001c60f69$2dfff650$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <005001c60f69$2dfff650$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> wrote: > Just looking through the kernel code, and there are many strong warnings (in > NOTES, GENERIC and various bits of code) that strongly advise *not* removing > COMPAT_43 from the kernel config. > > In fact, doing so causes lots of things to break, especially the > Linuxulator. > > That said, would COMPAT_43 (and possibly COMPAT_FREEBSD4 and > COMPAT_FREEBSD5) be good candidates to put in DEFAULTS -- at least on i386? There's a PR with a patch which removes the dependency from the linuxolator. My intend is to give it a try (and commit it). Maybe this week, if time permits. Regarding the FreeBSD compatibility options: if you don't run software from those releases, you don't need them. Entries in DEFAULTS are supposed to render any kernel useless if removed. So I don't think the FreeBSD compatibility options are good candidates for DEFAULTS. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed. -- Frank Deford, sports writer
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