Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:57 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: kama <kama@pvp.se> Cc: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add stubs for Linux 2.6.17 syscalls Message-ID: <20080417133257.932343vdvt6edox4@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20080416223801.T19507@ns1.as.pvp.se> References: <200804161256.56633.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20080416172825.GA81674@freebsd.org> <20080416223801.T19507@ns1.as.pvp.se>
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Quoting kama <kama@pvp.se> (from Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:48:16 +0200 (CEST)): > > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Roman Divacky wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:56:50PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote: >> > The attached patch adds stubs for Linux 2.6.17 syscalls. Even though >> > some syscalls were not in official 2.6.16 kernel (e.g., >> > [gs]et_robust_list() showed up in 2.6.17-rc1), GNU libc started using >> > them for NPTL and FC4 updated 2.6 kernel to 2.6.17 later. >> > >> > If you have any concern or objection, please speak up now. >> >> please do commit... no objection from me > > wouldnt it be good to add a rc.conf tunable to say what type of kernel to > use? > > Like: > linux_enable=3D"YES" > linux_version=3D"2.6" If we put this into rc.conf, it suggests that you can really switch =20 the emulated linux version. This is not the case. This is a sysctl to =20 help testing the upcomming linuxulator behavior (developers + testers =20 + bleeding-edge users only). At some point we will switch to 2.6 =20 emulation by default. Unfortunately some ports already depend upon 2.6 =20 emulation. Bye, Alexander. --=20 Beauty, brains, availability, personality; pick any two. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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