Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:36:53 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: re@freebsd.org, "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, tom@hur.st, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: 8.x grudges Message-ID: <02AECC43-87DC-4B16-B3F4-81186CA69073@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikdJ39LiaFfibdwkFa1VgT4w7M8tOXeVJYkHF_W@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C34C5DE.7040007@aldan.algebra.com> <20100707185928.GA16180@icarus.home.lan> <4C34E0E6.9070801@aldan.algebra.com> <AANLkTikdJ39LiaFfibdwkFa1VgT4w7M8tOXeVJYkHF_W@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mikhail T. <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> wrote:
>> 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???????(??):
>>>>
>>>> FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and
>>>> thus not an "option") -- the kernel-config files, that worked with
>>>> 7.x, break without this option in them (in addition to all the
>>>> nuisance, that's documented in UPDATING -- which, somehow, makes
>>>> the breakage acceptable). config(8) would not warn about this, but
>>>> kernel build fails.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We don't use this option (meaning it's removed from our kernels). It's
>>> definitely not required. All it does is ensure your kernel can
>>> comprehend executables/binaries built on 7.x.
>>>
>>
>> Attached is the kernel config-file (i386), that worked fine under 7.x. The
>> kernel-compile will break (some *freebsd7* structs undefined), without the
>> COMPAT_FREEBSD7 option. Try it for yourself...
>
> options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
> options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
> options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
>
> Those require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
I have an FreeBSD/amd64 8.1-PRERELEASE system with all COMPAT_FREEBSDx options except COMPAT_FREEBSD32 commented out in my kernel config file and it builds fine. So, unless I am misunderstanding you, I don't think "options SYSV{SHM,MSG,SEM}" requires COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
Cheers,
Paul.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?02AECC43-87DC-4B16-B3F4-81186CA69073>