From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 14 5:24: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mppsystems.com (mppsystems.com [208.210.148.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712AC37B787 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:24:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mpp@mppsystems.com) Received: (from mpp@localhost) by mppsystems.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA75441; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:23:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mpp) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:23:24 -0500 From: Mike Pritchard To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/20572: cannot safely remove COMPAT_43 from the kernel config Message-ID: <20000814072324.B75372@mppsystems.com> References: <200008141210.FAA59539@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200008141210.FAA59539@freefall.freebsd.org>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 05:10:02AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 05:10:02AM -0700, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > The following reply was made to PR kern/20572; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Sheldon Hearn > To: Darren Reed > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: kern/20572: cannot safely remove COMPAT_43 from the kernel config > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:06:04 +0200 > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:56:51 +1000, Darren Reed wrote: > > > I think the email from Mike (just recently) explained the situation - there > > has been a "problem" created by changes to the signal code. > > If that's all that's standing in the way of COMPAT_43 becoming > optional, then you should assign the PR to marcel, who'll probably have > it sorted out in short order. > > I must admit, my impression was that this would take a lot of work to > fix and that it wasn't a simple case of correcting one area of the > kernel. I was using COMPAT_43 to squeeze every last byte out of a couple of old 486 machines with very little memory. Marcel's signal changes broke that. I told him about it, and he said he was working on it. That was quite a while ago. Now, for COMPAT_43 being totally optional...dunno. I'm sure if I actually used those two machine for development/porting/whatnot, I might run into problems. For what I used them for, it works fine. E.g. if I lose the harddisk on either machine, I just reinstall. They are just there for testing purposes. -Mike -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.org or mpp@mppsystems.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message