Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:19:37 +1000 (Australia/NSW) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com (John Baldwin) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: COMPAT_43 and kernel compiles. Message-ID: <200008130819.SAA22499@cairo.anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200008130814.BAA65526@pike.osd.bsdi.com> from "John Baldwin" at Aug 13, 2000 01:14:13 AM
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In some mail from John Baldwin, sie said: > > Darren Reed wrote: > > > > Is it meant to be possible to compile a kernel *without* COMPAT_43 ? > > > > Has anyone else tried this recently ? > > > > For me, it seems to break the compile in (at least) kern_sig.c > > >From /sys/i386/conf/NOTES: > > # > # Implement system calls compatible with 4.3BSD and older versions of > # FreeBSD. You probably do NOT want to remove this as much current code > # still relies on the 4.3 emulation. > # > options COMPAT_43 If it is to not be an option, then it should be deprecated as an option and all of that removed. FWIW, I tested NetBSD-current without this option and it compiles cleanly (not that I used it). Seems like someone needs to make a decision one way or the other about COMPAT_43 and FreeBSD. > Usually when testing a kernel compile, GENERIC is the kernel to test. > If your changes are intrusive enough, you might also want to make sure > that LINT builds ok. The LINT config file is generated from NOTES by > typing 'make LINT' in /sys/i386/conf/. I was going for a small kernel config, hoping that it'd be quick to build, not take up lots of space, etc, so only put in what I thought was necessary. Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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