Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:25:34 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: starting to commit linuxolator (SoC 2006) changes... Message-ID: <20060817122534.e57aqlbrwwogg8ko@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060817080533.GA845@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <44E1BD03.2030402@FreeBSD.org> <20060815144625.362bf376@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <44E1C3E4.7080508@FreeBSD.org> <20060815153451.604d16f1@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <44E1E85D.5070805@FreeBSD.org> <20060815180713.6a4ee2e6@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20060815212143.G45647@fledge.watson.org> <20060816002328.365a14cd@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20060816090653.GA820@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060816132539.owwerbnw0okwc8wo@netchild.homeip.net> <20060817080533.GA845@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Quoting Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> (from Thu, 17 Aug =20 2006 18:05:33 +1000): > On Wed, 2006-Aug-16 13:25:39 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Quoting Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> (from Wed, 16 Aug >> 2006 19:06:53 +1000): >> >>> On Wed, 2006-Aug-16 00:23:28 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >>>> For the curious ones: the code is "activated" by changing osrelease, > ... >> It's mentioned in /usr/ports/UPDATING (as in: make sure you don't >> change the default osrelease). > > I found it by grepping for osrelease. The comment is buried in > the FC4 update and not immediately obvious. I was thinking of > it being documented in (eg) linux(4). Yes, it is mentioned for those which did change it back in the days =20 where it didn't changed anything in glibc and updated to fc4. lang/icc =20 was a bit picky about the compat.linux.* sysctls a little bit longer. Anyone with enough mdoc-fu listening for the linux(4) change? >> The intend is to change the default value to 2.6.x when the code is >> stable enough. > > What is the plan for the 2.4.x code? Will it be maintained (in which > case, this should be documented), left to rot or explicitly deleted? The 2.6 code is an extension to the 2.4 code. The 2.6 one is needed =20 for newer FC releases. So the current sysctl stuff is just a disabling =20 of some code in some syscalls. The goal is get stable 2.6 extensions =20 and to forget about the 2.4 downgrade (removing the part which =20 disables some stuff currently, the rest is needed). So no need to document the effects of some specific values for =20 osrelease, it's enough to say that only the default is supported, a =20 non default value may cause unwanted behavior and bugreports should be =20 submitted with default values. Bye, Alexander. --=20 If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. =09=09-- Mark Twain http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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