Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:45:24 +0200
>> From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
>> 
>> I use both linux and linux32 ones.
>
>Can you argue that these and the others you listed should be
>automatically enabled by default, and that having to modload them
>would be too much of a burden?
>
>Can you say who maintains them, or volunteer to maintain them,
>including writing automatic tests with sample binaries that others can
>use to test security fixes?
>
>I want to learn more than just who uses these -- I want to estimate
>the negative impact of disabling them by default, and what effort we
>have available to make sure they continue to work reliably.

I use linux, linux32 and netbsd32 to run fairly big applications that
I think test out a good spread of features.

The Xilinx FPGA tools make use of compat_linux and compat_linux32. I
have an uncommitted patch to procfs to make the latest version work.

I regularly run CMUCL on amd64 using compat_netbsd32.