Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:18:09 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buildkernel is broken Message-ID: <20130708071809.GF67810@glebius.int.ru> In-Reply-To: <51D9E2C5.2020704@orange.fr> References: <20130703003535.GA69779@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130703004650.GA69868@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <F89E331CBC7E42AA8CDC113DC75F5B97@FreeBSD.org> <20130703034516.GA70409@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130705130338.GD67810@FreeBSD.org> <20130705153206.GA85816@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130707200544.GE67810@glebius.int.ru> <51D9E2C5.2020704@orange.fr>
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On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 11:51:01PM +0200, Claude Buisson wrote: C> On 07/07/2013 22:05, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: C> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 08:32:06AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: C> > S> On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:03:38PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: C> > S> > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: C> > S> > S> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 10:51:57PM -0230, Jonathan Anderson wrote: C> > S> > S> > On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 at 22:16, Steve Kargl wrote: C> > S> > S> > > It seems that C> > S> > S> > > C> > S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls C> > S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 C> > S> > S> > > C> > S> > S> > > is required in a kernel config file. If it is mandatory to C> > S> > S> > > have this option on FreeBSD 10, it may be appropriate to C> > S> > S> > > expand the comment to C> > S> > S> > > C> > S> > S> > > C> > S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls C> > S> > S> > > # This option is MANDATORY. Do not remove. C> > S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 C> > S> > S> > C> > S> > S> > So... a non-optional option? C> > S> > S> C> > S> > S> Yes, it appears to be that way. C> > S> > C> > S> > Not really. It is required only if you also got COMPAT_43, the C> > S> > pre-FreeBSD compat option. C> > S> > C> > S> C> > S> So, it's essentially non-optional as the comment above COMPAT_43 C> > S> is C> > S> C> > S> # C> > S> # Implement system calls compatible with 4.3BSD and older versions of C> > S> # FreeBSD. You probably do NOT want to remove this as much current code C> > S> # still relies on the 4.3 emulation. C> > S> C> > S> Is "do NOT want to remove" too strong of a statement? C> > C> > Where did you find this statement? I remember it, but haven't seen C> > it for long time. Can't find it in modern GENERIC. C> > C> C> Try and read sys/conf/NOTES I think, the statement is outdated today. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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