kernel config question

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Wed Jan 2 21:31:18 UTC 2019


John Baldwin writes:

>  >> 	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
>  >> 	needed to do an installworld, you must include the
>  >> 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in your kernel. [...]
>
>  > No, COMPAT_FREEBSD4 is not needed. Maybe COMPAT_FREEBSD11 is needed.
>  
>  Yes, that text needs to be made more generic to say that you will need
>  COMPAT_FREEBSD<N-1>.  Though we've also had some major branches that
>  didn't get a COMPAT_FREEBSD<N> option.

	Are any of those still supported?


			Curiously,


				Robert Huff






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