I agree that a note might be in order, but I'd 
like to see COMPAT_11 and COMPAT_12, as well as COMPAT_09 remain in the
generic kernels.  I still have some 1.2 machines running around here, and
performing an upgrade would be easier with those options on.  
-Brian
On Oct 23,  2:41am, Feico Dillema wrote:
} Subject: Re: Disturbing behaviour on 1.6 without linux emulation
} On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:27:56PM +0200, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
} > Remove COMPAT_11 and COMPAT_12 from your kernel. The unrecognized ELF
} > binaries are run as 'native' ones when these are in kernel (which they
} > are by default). The linux ldconfig probably uses some syscall which
} > happens to have same number as our settimeofday(2), and gets confused
} > by the return value. 
} Right, will do that. At least not something horrible has happened to
} my running kernel then. So, is it wise to leave these (COMPAT_11 and
} COMPAT_12, others?) on by default? At least a comment in GENERIC and/or
} a note in man options would be in order? 
} 
} Thanks,
} 
} Feico.
>-- End of excerpt from Feico Dillema