reliability of COMPAT_* support

To: netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: reliability of COMPAT_* support
From: Brook Milligan <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 09:33:00 -0700

I am curious about the state of COMPAT_* support in NetBSD kernels.  In the distant past I know I had some binaries that I had to run using that support, but generally don't any longer.  Is it still really possible to run 0.8 binaries, for example, on current systems?  How is this support validated?  Is that part of the test harness?  Can anyone point to examples of known success at  running really old binaries?

Thanks for any information that emerges.

Cheers,
Brook

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