Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 00:05:44 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: buildkernel is broken Message-ID: <20130707200544.GE67810@glebius.int.ru> In-Reply-To: <20130705153206.GA85816@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20130703003535.GA69779@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130703004650.GA69868@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <F89E331CBC7E42AA8CDC113DC75F5B97@FreeBSD.org> <20130703034516.GA70409@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130705130338.GD67810@FreeBSD.org> <20130705153206.GA85816@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 08:32:06AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: S> On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:03:38PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: S> > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: S> > S> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 10:51:57PM -0230, Jonathan Anderson wrote: S> > S> > On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 at 22:16, Steve Kargl wrote: S> > S> > > It seems that S> > S> > > S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 S> > S> > > S> > S> > > is required in a kernel config file. If it is mandatory to S> > S> > > have this option on FreeBSD 10, it may be appropriate to S> > S> > > expand the comment to S> > S> > > S> > S> > > S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls S> > S> > > # This option is MANDATORY. Do not remove. S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 S> > S> > S> > S> > So... a non-optional option? S> > S> S> > S> Yes, it appears to be that way. S> > S> > Not really. It is required only if you also got COMPAT_43, the S> > pre-FreeBSD compat option. S> > S> S> So, it's essentially non-optional as the comment above COMPAT_43 S> is S> S> # S> # Implement system calls compatible with 4.3BSD and older versions of S> # FreeBSD. You probably do NOT want to remove this as much current code S> # still relies on the 4.3 emulation. S> S> Is "do NOT want to remove" too strong of a statement? Where did you find this statement? I remember it, but haven't seen it for long time. Can't find it in modern GENERIC. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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