Re: buildkernel is broken

On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 08:32:06AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
S> On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:03:38PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
S> > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
S> > S> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 10:51:57PM -0230, Jonathan Anderson wrote:
S> > S> > On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 at 22:16, Steve Kargl wrote:
S> > S> > > It seems that
S> > S> > > 
S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls
S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7
S> > S> > > 
S> > S> > > is required in a kernel config file. If it is mandatory to
S> > S> > > have this option on FreeBSD 10, it may be appropriate to
S> > S> > > expand the comment to
S> > S> > > 
S> > S> > > 
S> > S> > > # Enable FreeBSD7 compatibility syscalls
S> > S> > > # This option is MANDATORY. Do not remove.
S> > S> > > options COMPAT_FREEBSD7
S> > S> > 
S> > S> > So... a non-optional option?
S> > S> 
S> > S> Yes, it appears to be that way.
S> > 
S> > Not really. It is required only if you also got COMPAT_43, the
S> > pre-FreeBSD compat option.
S> > 
S> 
S> So, it's essentially non-optional as the comment above COMPAT_43
S> is
S> 
S> #
S> # Implement system calls compatible with 4.3BSD and older versions of
S> # FreeBSD.  You probably do NOT want to remove this as much current code
S> # still relies on the 4.3 emulation.
S> 
S> Is "do NOT want to remove" too strong of a statement?

Where did you find this statement? I remember it, but haven't seen
it for long time. Can't find it in modern GENERIC.

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