Re: buildkernel is broken

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I think, the statement is outdated today.

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