Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 13:00:35 -0500 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/pc98/conf NOTES Message-ID: <20030517130035.A42661@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030517114533.B84644@espresso.bsdmike.org>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Sat, May 17, 2003 at 11:45:33AM -0400 References: <200305150210.h4F2AU6h082163@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030517114533.B84644@espresso.bsdmike.org>
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* Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2003-05-17 ] [ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/pc98/conf NOTES ] > Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > jmallett 2003/05/14 19:10:30 PDT > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf NOTES > > sys/i386/conf NOTES > > sys/pc98/conf NOTES > > Log: > > Clear up that COMPAT_43 may not do the same thing on every architecture > > and clear up that COMPAT_SUNOS is similarly MI, and does something > > relatively similar. > > > > Approved by: re/rwatson > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.1149 +10 -1 src/sys/conf/NOTES > > 1.1088 +0 -3 src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES > > 1.8 +0 -3 src/sys/pc98/conf/NOTES > > COMPAT_SUNOS should probably be removed and COMPAT_43 renamed to > COMPAT_FREEBSD[1-3]. Minimal traditional behaviour might be nice to keep around, but I'm torn between wanting it to be more fine-grained, and wanting it to be less fine-grained. Anything for truly traditional behaviour should be marked as such. Abuse of COMPAT_43 for more recent traditions should be marked as such. I'm tempted to say that it should be possible to turn them all off with a config(8) knob, and even when on, have them as fine-grained sysctls. Then, people who just need COMPAT_SUNOS who don't want COMPAT_43 could just twiddle a few knobs. Thanx, juli. -- juli mallett. email: jmallett@freebsd.org; efnet: juli;
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