On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 06:19:37PM +1000, Darren Reed wrote:
> > Darren Reed wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it meant to be possible to compile a kernel *without* COMPAT_43 ?
> > >
> > > Has anyone else tried this recently ?
> > >
> > > For me, it seems to break the compile in (at least) kern_sig.c
I doing this for a while, and I think the last signal interface
change broke not being able to compile a kernel without COMPAT_43.
This was a while back, and someone was supposed to be working on it
to fix it. I might be able to dig some more info up if anyone
wants it.
> > >From /sys/i386/conf/NOTES:
> >
> > #
> > # 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.
> > #
> > options COMPAT_43
>
> If it is to not be an option, then it should be deprecated as an option
> and all of that removed. FWIW, I tested NetBSD-current without this
> option and it compiles cleanly (not that I used it). Seems like someone
> needs to make a decision one way or the other about COMPAT_43 and FreeBSD.
It used to be possible to compile and run kernels with COMPAT_43 undefined.
-Mike
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