Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:36:31 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX" Message-ID: <20130210013631.4681c6fd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201302100031.r1A0VikU046820@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20130210012751.76957b14.freebsd@edvax.de> <201302100031.r1A0VikU046820@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:31:44 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > From freebsd@edvax.de Sun Feb 10 00:29:36 2013 > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:06 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > This is on amd64 r246552 > > > > I added > > > > options COMPAT_43 > > options COMPAT_LINUX > > options COMPAT_LINUX32 > > > > to the kernel config, > > following sys/amd64/conf/NOTES > > > > On buildkernel I get: > > > > unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX" > > > > What am I missing? > > Do you also have those (from a working i386 system): > > # Linux support > options COMPAT_LINUX # Enable Linux ABI emulation > options LINPROCFS # Enable the linux-like proc filesystemsupport (requires COMPAT_LINUX and PSEUDOFS) > options LINSYSFS # Enable the linux-like sys filesystem support (requires COMPAT_LINUX and PSEUDOFS) > device lindev > options COMPAT_AOUT # Enable i386 a.out binary support > > (note PSEUDOFS is also needed) > > No, I haven't added those. > Are these necessary to have > the linux binary compatibility? > The handbook only mentions COMPAT_LINUX. I think I had the same question some time ago and found out that if those options are present, the Linux functionality will build properly in the kernel. So I assume they are required. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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