Re: Regarding the ULTRIX and OSF1 compats
Paul Goyette <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Maxime Villard wrote: > Anyway, people, let's wrap it up. The status right now is that I've disabled > COMPAT_OSF1 on Alpha, and I'm not sure if there is an improper dependency of > COMPAT_LINUX on COMPAT_OSF1, because I see calls like osf1_sys_wait4 in > sys/compat/linux/arch/alpha/, but there is no dependency in the modules. > > Right now I'm waiting to see if the build cluster fails, to know for sure. > If there is indeed a dependency, we'll have to untangle it before retiring > COMPAT_OSF1. I don't think it is really complicated, the functions used are > just wrappers, that we can easily move into Alpha's COMPAT_LINUX. If there is a inter-module dependency, it should be resolved by updating COMPAT_LINUX's "required modules" list (for port alpha). We should not relegate COMPAT_OSF1 to the Attic with an unsatisfied dependency. +--------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | [email protected] | | Software Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | [email protected] | +--------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+