From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 15 22:37: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za (zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B307A37B718 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:37:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhay@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za) Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2G6aC293490; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:36:12 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from jhay) From: John Hay Message-Id: <200103160636.f2G6aC293490@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: What are 'compatibility shims" ? In-Reply-To: <710709BB8B02D311942E00606744181054429A@MELEXC01> from Murray Taylor at "Mar 16, 2001 10:09:42 am" To: mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au (Murray Taylor) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:36:12 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG ('freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org') X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message