Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:36:26 +0100 From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> To: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@freebsd.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git: e013e36939ac - main - linux(4): Get rid of Linuxulator kernel build options. Message-ID: <4C0E8010-EFBF-42A5-90EF-A502E7BBD3D7@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <YNHC7bIN%2BtpRUm0C@heemeyer.club> References: <202106211656.15LGuXQU059224@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <C06B43AE-D887-410F-A212-5A16BC28DDB7@freebsd.org> <YNHC7bIN%2BtpRUm0C@heemeyer.club>
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On 22 Jun 2021, at 12:01, Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:56:38PM +0100, Jessica Clarke wrote: >> On 21 Jun 2021, at 17:56, Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> >>> The branch main has been updated by dchagin: >>> >>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e013e36939ac87b53195370fb5e29f29c1a4b5c6 >>> >>> commit e013e36939ac87b53195370fb5e29f29c1a4b5c6 >>> Author: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@FreeBSD.org> >>> AuthorDate: 2021-06-22 05:32:39 +0000 >>> Commit: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@FreeBSD.org> >>> CommitDate: 2021-06-22 05:32:39 +0000 >>> >>> linux(4): Get rid of Linuxulator kernel build options. >>> >>> Stop confusing people, retire COMPAT_LINUX and COMPAT_LINUX32 kernel >>> build options. Since we have 32 and 64 bit Linux emulators, we can't build both >>> emulators together into the kernel. I don't think it matters, Linux emulation >>> depends on loadable modules (via rc). >>> >>> Cut LINPROCFS and LINSYSFS for consistency. >> >> I don’t see why these two should be deleted? They currently build fine, >> and GNU/kFreeBSD kernels enable them. They might work as modules, but I >> would worry that too many parts of userland would try and read them >> before /etc/init.d/kldutils (the init script that loads modules) loads >> them, so then we’d have to mess around with GRUB configs to preload >> them. If the options work, please leave them in. >> > > both FS modules depend on linux.ko on i386 or linux_common.ko on amd64, > so it doesn't make sense to have options for them But that still worked, and was even in NOTES so being tested by LINT. >> There’s a separate debate of whether this is the “right” fix for >> COMPAT_LINUX*; arguably that *should* work and it’s a bug that they >> don’t, not a feature, even if it’s not of much interest to support… >> >> I’d like to see the second half reverted, please, and believe the first >> should be too, but I feel less strongly about that. >> > > I think that descendants should adapt to upstream, esp since there is no > KBI or ABI breakage. btw, debian wiki says gnu/kFreeBSD unmaintained > since 2014. That is the reason to worry about dead project? As the current maintainer this is news to me. I see no such comment on the port’s wiki page[1]. Jess [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD
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