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re: CVS commit: [pgoyette-compat] src
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018, matthew green wrote:
"Paul Goyette" writes:
Module Name: src
Committed By: pgoyette
Date: Tue Apr 17 08:02:35 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/distrib/sets/lists/modules [pgoyette-compat]: mi
src/sys/modules [pgoyette-compat]: Makefile
Added Files:
src/sys/modules/compat_sysctl_09_43 [pgoyette-compat]: Makefile
Log Message:
Actually create the new compat_sysctl_09_43 module
hmm, these combined seems like an odd choice. typically,
older compat relies upon newer comapt, except for compat_43,
which is more about enabing 4.3BSD tty and other interfaces
we have modern APIs for.
eg, it's valid to have a non netbsd comapt but compat_43
kernel running with software compiled today that uses the
old <sgtty.h> interface, for instance. the above change
seems to imply that doing this will pull in all other
compat as well, via compat_09.
In this case, both compat_43 and compat_09 depend on having this
"shared" module available, but this module doesn't require any
other compat code. If you load _either_ of compat_43 or compat_09
it will pull in the shared module automatically.
Of course, compat_09 requires all the newer stuff, but compat_43
doesn't.
If you've got a better suggestion for the module name (one that
doesn't imply pulling in all the other compat code), I'd be happy
to use it!
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