On 22 Jun 2021, at 12:01, Dmitry Chagin <dcha...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:56:38PM +0100, Jessica Clarke wrote: >> On 21 Jun 2021, at 17:56, Dmitry Chagin <dcha...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> The branch main has been updated by dchagin: >>> >>> URL: >>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e013e36939ac87b53195370fb5e29f29c1a4b5c6 >>> >>> commit e013e36939ac87b53195370fb5e29f29c1a4b5c6 >>> Author: Dmitry Chagin <dcha...@freebsd.org> >>> AuthorDate: 2021-06-22 05:32:39 +0000 >>> Commit: Dmitry Chagin <dcha...@freebsd.org> >>> CommitDate: 2021-06-22 05:32:39 +0000 >>> >>> linux(4): Get rid of Linuxulator kernel build options. >>> >>> Stop confusing people, retire COMPAT_LINUX and COMPAT_LINUX32 kernel >>> build options. Since we have 32 and 64 bit Linux emulators, we can't >>> build both >>> emulators together into the kernel. I don't think it matters, Linux >>> emulation >>> depends on loadable modules (via rc). >>> >>> Cut LINPROCFS and LINSYSFS for consistency. >> >> I don’t see why these two should be deleted? They currently build fine, >> and GNU/kFreeBSD kernels enable them. They might work as modules, but I >> would worry that too many parts of userland would try and read them >> before /etc/init.d/kldutils (the init script that loads modules) loads >> them, so then we’d have to mess around with GRUB configs to preload >> them. If the options work, please leave them in. >> > > both FS modules depend on linux.ko on i386 or linux_common.ko on amd64, > so it doesn't make sense to have options for them
But that still worked, and was even in NOTES so being tested by LINT. >> There’s a separate debate of whether this is the “right” fix for >> COMPAT_LINUX*; arguably that *should* work and it’s a bug that they >> don’t, not a feature, even if it’s not of much interest to support… >> >> I’d like to see the second half reverted, please, and believe the first >> should be too, but I feel less strongly about that. >> > > I think that descendants should adapt to upstream, esp since there is no > KBI or ABI breakage. btw, debian wiki says gnu/kFreeBSD unmaintained > since 2014. That is the reason to worry about dead project? As the current maintainer this is news to me. I see no such comment on the port’s wiki page[1]. Jess [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD _______________________________________________ dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-commits-src-main To unsubscribe, send any mail to "dev-commits-src-main-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"