Subject: Re: compat_nomid
To: None <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/05/2003 13:42:18
In article <20030104223236.GF22238@danbala.tuwien.ac.at>
wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at wrote:

> The following ports have code ifdef'd on COMPAT_NOMID without
> having COMPAT_NOMID (even commented out) in any kernel configs:
> atari, cesfic, hp300, news68k, x68k

All of them are derived from hp300 and there is a following comment:
>> * XXX what are the special cases for the hp300?
>> * XXX why is this COMPAT_NOMID?  was something generating
>> *      hp300 binaries with an a_mid of 0?  i thought that was only
>> *      done on little-endian machines...  -- cgd
But I don't know if this is correct or not.

> Is it ok to remove the (ir)relevant parts?

If there is no such old binaries that require COMPAT_NOMID,
it could be removed, I think.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp