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