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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:36:12 +0200 (SAT)
From:      John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>
To:        mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au (Murray Taylor)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG ('freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org')
Subject:   Re: What are 'compatibility shims" ?
Message-ID:  <200103160636.f2G6aC293490@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <710709BB8B02D311942E00606744181054429A@MELEXC01> from Murray Taylor at "Mar 16, 2001 10:09:42 am"

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> When using 4.3-BETA cvsupped 23/mar and 
> config'ed 
> 
> options NETGRAPH
> 
> and added the sr and sppp drivers for the frame relay 
> link we are establishing.
> 
> Dmesg gives me this line
> 
> src0: dirver is using old-style compatibility shims
> 
> 
> What are these shims?

It is just the older driver interface. Don't worry it still works just
fine. If you are using NETGRAPH in the kernel, you don't need to have
sppp in the kernel, it won't be used.

John
-- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za

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