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Date:      Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:59:51 -0800
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SVN r296272 breaks virtualbox
Message-ID:  <5082358.nZ96iaI1mi@ralph.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20160302062745.GD79128@home.opsec.eu>
References:  <56D617D1.5040209@protected-networks.net> <76770847.2GZvgBdTxv@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20160302062745.GD79128@home.opsec.eu>

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On Wednesday, March 02, 2016 07:27:45 AM Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > > The removal of "taskqueue_enqueue_fast" breaks the virtualbox kmods:
> [...]
> > Then the port needs to be patched?  It's been using an API deprecated
> > for the last 15 years.  A simple s/taskqueue_enqueue_fast/taskqueue_enqueue/
> > will fix it.
> 
> A patch is possible if a new __FreeBSD_version is created for that
> API. Who can do that ?

You don't need a new bump.  taskqueue_enqueue has worked fine for a "fast"
taskqueue since 700013, so you can use that version.  OTOH, I would be
surprised if VirtualBox worked on FreeBSD 6.x.

-- 
John Baldwin



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