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 > 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? _______________________________________________ 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"
