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Subject: Re: Can't compile without COMPAT_43 on i386
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Mike Jakubik schrieb:
> I can compile an amd64 kernel just fine without the option COMPAT_43, 
> but not i386. Why is this?
> 
> /usr/src/sys/modules/linux/../../i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c:36:2: #error 
> "Unable to compile Linux-emulator due to missing COMPAT_43 option!"
> mkdep: compile failed
> 
> I don't want or need the Linux-emulator.

The corresponding module will be built nevertheless. If you want to 
build only a selection of modules then you have to specify 
MODULES_OVERRIDE, e.g.

   makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE="acpi"

in your kernel configuration file.

Regards
  Björn