From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 19:33:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E010C16A401; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wkb@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6975643D68; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:33:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wkb@xs4all.nl) Received: from xs3.xs4all.nl (xs3.xs4all.nl [194.109.21.4]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2MJXSIt013613; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:33:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@xs4all.nl) Received: from xs3.xs4all.nl (wkb@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xs3.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2MJXSsc063453; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:33:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by xs3.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.12.11/Submit) id k2MJXJD6063445; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:33:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:33:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20060322193319.GA63231@xs4all.nl> References: <200603212156.k2LLu4HU089247@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060322094944.2oz3lydykgw8ossg@netchild.homeip.net> <200603221004.54977.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060322192838.7921dda9@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <4421A4DB.6000108@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4421A4DB.6000108@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin , cvs-src@freebsd.org, alpha@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:33:45 -0000 On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 12:26:19PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >Am Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:04:50 -0500 > >schrieb John Baldwin : > > > > > >>On Wednesday 22 March 2006 03:49, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > > > > >>>If nobody is using the linuxolator on alpha with a recent FreeBSD (either > >>>because everything is used on x86/amd64 hardware, and/or because there's > >>>no > >>>usable linux_base for alpha), I think it would be best to remove the > >>>linux > >>>part from alpha. It would make the code in compat/linux cleaner. > >> > >>Or just undo what you did above and leave it as it is. :) I've done > >>various > >>things on the compat code over and haven't been really bothered by the > >>#ifdef __alpha__'s. > > > > > >But this would introduce a dependency on COMPAT_43 again... > > > >Bye, > >Alexander. > > > > In all honesty, Alpha is tier-2, and its days are numbered. That > doesn't mean that I'm proposing that it get axed from CVS right now, > but I also don't think that it is worth spending a lot of time on. As long as it is surgically/cleanly removed to ensure that Alpha at least continues to build removing Linux compatibility does not appear too much of a problem. Wilko