Re: COMPAT_IBCS2 on Vax,Re: COMPAT_IBCS2 on Vax

[Jarle Greipsland <jarle%uninett.no@localhost>]

Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> writes:
> On 03.08.2017 20:57, Maxime Villard wrote:
>> What I can do, still, is removing ibcs2 from i386, and modifying the
>> compat_ibcs2 man page to say explicitly that in reality it stands for
>> SVR3, and
>> it is available only on vax. Note that this would make compat_ibcs2 vax
>> specific, and would later allow to better compartmentalize the feature.
>> 
>> What about this?
>> 
>> Maxime
> 
> We should strive for Open standards and compatibility with Free/Open
> Source ecosystem. Neither SVR3 nor SVR4 is there.
> 
> Are there any NetBSD/VAX users needing compat_ibcs2 and compat_ultrix?

You might want to ask Matt Thomas.  I have a vague memory of him
having some paying customers that required the ability to run old
SVR3 binaries on VAX hardware.  Although I might have this wrong....

					-jarle
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