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Re: Modular kernel anomaly



On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 04:32:33AM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
>> As I recall from the last round of flamage on this subject, COMPAT_50
>> in particular (and compat_netbsd in general) doesn't work as a module.
>
> Yeah, trolling thru the source shows that there's quite a bit of stuff  
> in the kernel that seems not to have been moved into compat code.  It  
> would be a fair amount of work to finish this, IMHO.

I believe it was decided not to.

> Perhaps it would be the better part of valor to remove the compat module  
> completely, and to mark it obsolete in the file-lists?

Probably, yes...

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David A. Holland
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