Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:24:48 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: alk@pobox.com, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emulation in 3.2 current Message-ID: <19990818112448.6CD241C99@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:52:55 %2B0200." <37BA5847.4953D0C@scc.nl>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> Anthony Kimball wrote:
> >
> > Quoth Marcel Moolenaar on Tue, 17 August:
> > :
> > : For starters, COMPAT_LINUX is obsoleted. Use the linux module.
> > :
> >
> > Does obsoleted mean desupported? In STABLE?
>
> Yes. COMPAT_LINUX disappeared 3 years ago. The reason that you can still
> use it is because it reappeared for the purpose of compiling LINT (IIRC).
> The fact that it still can be used to actually built a working kernel is
> *not* deliberate, but more a question of "luck".
No, support is very explicit for it:
peter@overcee[7:22pm]~src/sys-108> grep -i linux i386/conf/files.i386
linux_genassym optional compat_linux \
dependency "$S/i386/linux/linux_genassym.c $S/i386/linux/linux.h" \
clean "linux_genassym"
linux_assym.h optional compat_linux \
dependency "linux_genassym" \
compile-with "./linux_genassym > $@" \
clean "linux_assym.h"
i386/linux/imgact_linux.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_dummy.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_file.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_ioctl.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_ipc.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_locore.s optional compat_linux \
dependency "linux_assym.h"
i386/linux/linux_misc.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_signal.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_socket.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_stats.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_sysent.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c optional compat_linux
i386/linux/linux_util.c optional compat_linux
The ability to build a static kernel with no modules isn't likely to go
away. The default kernel delivery method may change to being highly modular
so that folks never need to recompile for reconfiguring, but it'll almost
certainly always remain an option to build a single monolithic kernel file.
Cheers,
-Peter
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