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Date:      Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: add "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" to your kernel config!
Message-ID:  <20060930173826.D10056@volatile.chemikals.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060930200915.GB60100@rambler-co.ru>
References:  <20060930200915.GB60100@rambler-co.ru>

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On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> All,
>
> Make sure to add "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" to your custom kernel
> config files, or things like X.Org will refuse to work with the
> new kernel that includes fixed ioctl(2) API.  Recompiling the
> relevant ports is another option.

Other than X what else are we talking about here?


>
> ----- Forwarded message from Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> -----
>
> ru          2006-09-30 20:01:15 UTC
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:
>    .                    UPDATING
>  Log:
>  The ioctl(2) API has changed, and some ioctl command codes too.
>  Hint users to add "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" to their kernel config
>  files, so that X.Org and friends still work without recompiling.
>
>  Revision  Changes    Path
>  1.460     +7 -0      src/UPDATING
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
> Cheers,
>

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