From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 18:52:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D86416A41F for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:52:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98DB43D5C for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:52:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5F5E3.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.245.227]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k02ImVrt070793; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:48:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k02Iq66Q083628; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:52:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.42]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:52:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20060102195206.az4i1xoffkgg0gs0@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:52:06 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Matt Emmerton References: <005001c60f69$2dfff650$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <005001c60f69$2dfff650$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Candidates for inclusion in DEFAULTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:52:15 -0000 Matt Emmerton 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