On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 03:36:51PM +0200, Oliver Pinter wrote: > Hi all! > > I found that the SPARSE_MAPPING used only in sys/kern/link_elf.c file, > and no other place in kernel, nor in generated codes in /usr/obj/... > > op@pandora-d opBSD.git> git grep -i SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > sys/kern/link_elf.c:#ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING > > I proposed to remove the old/dead codes. Patch attached. Tested on amd64.
I agree that SPARSE_MAPPING could go away. But your testing is void, since link_elf.c is practically not used on amd64, which utilizes object file format for klds.
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