On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:01:43PM +0200, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> 
> > The problem is that an amd64 kernel without COMPAT_NETBSD32 cannot
> > currently be compiled when other COMPAT_1x (x <= 6) are present.
> 
> This is deliberate. COMPAT_16 doesn't make sense for amd64
> native code. It is only useful to express "allow NetBSD/i386-1.6
> binaries to run".
> 
> I admit that a comment in GENERIC wouldn't do any harm:-)

Agreed. Such hidden dependencies should be documented somewhere.
Thanks for the explanation.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.