Re: Disabling COMPAT_FREEBSD4/5/6/7/9 in default kernel configurations
Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.architechture |
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| Organization | KOMQUATS |
| Message-ID | <20240513112340.64ebe859@slippy> |
On Sat, 11 May 2024 08:01:05 -0600 Warner Losh <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2024, 3:19 AM Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 01:38:38AM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > > In my opinion, if all goes well, it may be wise to remove the old code > > in the next major version. Could do the full list, or just FreeBSD 4 and 5 > > compatibility, for instance. Barring notable negative feedback, of course. > > > > Strongly disagree. You are breaking ABI compat for users, for what gain? > > > > I do not care about disabling options in GENERIC (but then they must appear > > in LINT). > > > > > This sums up my view as well. Fine to not be in GENERIC, but removal is a > bridge too far. > > Warner > Agreed. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <[email protected]> FreeBSD UNIX: <[email protected]> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <[email protected]> Web: https://nwtime.org e^(i*pi)+1=0