On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mikhail T. <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> =
wrote:
>> 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???????(??):
>>>>=20
>>>> FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement =
(and
>>>> thus not an "option") -- the kernel-config files, that worked =
with
>>>> 7.x, break without this option in them (in addition to all the
>>>> nuisance, that's documented in UPDATING -- which, somehow, =
makes
>>>> the breakage acceptable). config(8) would not warn about this, =
but
>>>> kernel build fails.
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> We don't use this option (meaning it's removed from our kernels). =
It's
>>> definitely not required. All it does is ensure your kernel can
>>> comprehend executables/binaries built on 7.x.
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Attached is the kernel config-file (i386), that worked fine under =
7.x. The
>> kernel-compile will break (some *freebsd7* structs undefined), =
without the
>> COMPAT_FREEBSD7 option. Try it for yourself...
>=20
> options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
> options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
> options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
>=20
> Those require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.=20
I have an FreeBSD/amd64 8.1-PRERELEASE system with all COMPAT_FREEBSDx =
options except COMPAT_FREEBSD32 commented out in my kernel config file =
and it builds fine. So, unless I am misunderstanding you, I don't think =
"options SYSV{SHM,MSG,SEM}" requires COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
Cheers,
Paul.
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