Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:27:04 +0100 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: COMPAT_43 users? Message-ID: <CANCZdfrBT1ZpapC9nY1qV4R75SVidBuKcTjOcVwRUsvSkwFqCg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180801152525.GB97237@raichu> References: <20180731214920.GA95743@raichu> <cfeec941-ddfc-e541-c3a4-6d8ebfdfed89@freebsd.org> <CANCZdfpLkLiCzT6whinv9UEyDpXTbLeyV_HdPnQ9ENbr4QXZCg@mail.gmail.com> <20180801152525.GB97237@raichu>
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 4:25 PM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 04:15:09AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > Comments say it's needed for Linux emulation and for running FreeBSD 1, > 2, > > or 3 binaries. It's still compiled for PowerPC kernels. Despite it's > name, > > it looks like removing it would be somewhat complicated... > > It's not required for Linux emulation anymore. > Then we can fix the comments... Warner > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > > > > On 1/8/18 5:49 am, Mark Johnston wrote: > > > > > >> The COMPAT_43 kernel option, which enables syscall support for 4.3BSD > > >> binaries, hasn't been enabled in the standard kernel configs for well > > >> over a decade, and doesn't appear to be a dependency of any other > kernel > > >> features. Nonetheless, the kernel contains quite a bit of code to > > >> support this option. Does anyone use it in modern versions of FreeBSD > > >> or have any arguments for keeping it? > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > >> " > > >> > > >> It is useful for really ancient jails I believe. The person I would > trust > > > on this is jhb. (CC'd) > > > > > > I occasionally like to run a freebsd-1.1 jail.. but While I enable it > I am > > > not sure if I need it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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