Re: Candidates for inclusion in DEFAULTS

From: Matt Emmerton <matt_at_gsicomp.on.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:09:05 -0500
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 01:53:03AM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote:
> > Just looking through the kernel code, and there are many strong warnings
(in
> > NOTES, GENERIC and various bits of code) that strongly advise *not*
removing
> > COMPAT_43 from the kernel config.
> >
> > In fact, doing so causes lots of things to break, especially the
> > Linuxulator.
> >
> > That said, would COMPAT_43 (and possibly COMPAT_FREEBSD4 and
> > COMPAT_FREEBSD5) be good candidates to put in DEFAULTS -- at least on
i386?
>
> I have patch in queue which removes dependancy of linuxator on COMPAT_43
> (hysteria.sk/~neologism/linux43.patch) - its tested on amd64/i386 but
havent
> tried alpha (not even building it - anyone willing to test this?)
>
> and I plan to work to split COMPAT_43 into whats necessary for tty stuff
and
> the rest. after this we can remove COMPAT_43 from even GENERIC imho.

That's great news!

> I dont think that moving in the direction you suggest is correct.

Agreed.  In the context of your work, my suggestion is definitely a step in
the wrong direction.

--
Matt Emmerton
Received on Mon Jan 02 2006 - 16:08:14 UTC

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