From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 11:33:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A60106564A; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:33:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AF08FC2E; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:33:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A573DE.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.115.222]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8C82E0EF; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:33:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F81FB0B38; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m3HBWvtZ060531; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:57 +0200 Message-ID: <20080417133257.932343vdvt6edox4@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:57 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: kama References: <200804161256.56633.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20080416172825.GA81674@freebsd.org> <20080416223801.T19507@ns1.as.pvp.se> In-Reply-To: <20080416223801.T19507@ns1.as.pvp.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2-RC2) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, ORDB-RBL, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.9, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Roman Divacky , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add stubs for Linux 2.6.17 syscalls X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:33:06 -0000 Quoting kama (from Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:48:16 +0200 (CEST)): > > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Roman Divacky wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:56:50PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote: >> > The attached patch adds stubs for Linux 2.6.17 syscalls. Even though >> > some syscalls were not in official 2.6.16 kernel (e.g., >> > [gs]et_robust_list() showed up in 2.6.17-rc1), GNU libc started using >> > them for NPTL and FC4 updated 2.6 kernel to 2.6.17 later. >> > >> > If you have any concern or objection, please speak up now. >> >> please do commit... no objection from me > > wouldnt it be good to add a rc.conf tunable to say what type of kernel to > use? > > Like: > linux_enable=3D"YES" > linux_version=3D"2.6" If we put this into rc.conf, it suggests that you can really switch =20 the emulated linux version. This is not the case. This is a sysctl to =20 help testing the upcomming linuxulator behavior (developers + testers =20 + bleeding-edge users only). At some point we will switch to 2.6 =20 emulation by default. Unfortunately some ports already depend upon 2.6 =20 emulation. Bye, Alexander. --=20 Beauty, brains, availability, personality; pick any two. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137