DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2003-10
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Re: osendfile() silliness
> While the compatibility syscall added to -CURRENT was placed in an
> #ifdef COMPAT_FREEBSD4 block and aptly named freebsd4_sendfile(),
> the version MFC'd to -STABLE the same day was placed in an #ifdef
> COMPAT_43 block and named osendfile().
>
> Should I just forget about osendfile()? It clearly does not belong in
> emulators/43bsd. I think I'll write a little note in a comment next to
> the native syscall about the fix and nuke osendfile(). Any objections?
imo, the kernel should be less complex. so you are right in nuking it.
. ..but, when you succeeded with splitting sendfile, 'osendfile' should maybe
go to our binary emulation (for fbsd 4).
just my 2¢
~ibotty
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