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TODO.compat-module revision 1.1.2.17
      1  1.1.2.17  pgoyette /* $NetBSD: TODO.compat-module,v 1.1.2.17 2018/10/02 22:00:47 pgoyette Exp $ */
      2   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
      3   1.1.2.1  pgoyette DONE
      4   1.1.2.1  pgoyette ----
      5  1.1.2.11  pgoyette 1.  Removed the building of the compat library - it is no longer needed.
      6   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
      7   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 2.  Reverted some intentional auto-load breakage for loading the sysv_ipc
      8   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     module; the breakage was introduced as the fix for the above-mentioned
      9   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     build breakage.
     10   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     11   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 3.  Split the sysv_ipc compat routines into their own compat_sysv module.
     12   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     13   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 4.  Resolved some inter-module dependencies.
     14   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     15   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 5.  Extracted some net/if.c compat routines into the compat module, and
     16   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     replaced the originals with indirect (vectored) function calls.
     17   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     18   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 6.  Reconfirmed existing compat-module dependencies, and update the
     19   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     defopt/defflag lines in the config files* as needed, to insure that
     20   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     built-in dependencies get resolved.
     21   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     22   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 7.  Fixed limits on the number of module depedencies and maximum
     23   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     recursion level have been removed.  Previous code for reporting
     24   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     module status to userland has been versioned and moved to the
     25   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     compat_80 module.
     26   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     27   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 8.  The old monolithic compat module has been broken into multiple
     28   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     modules, one for each old NetBSD version.  The monolithic module
     29   1.1.2.2  pgoyette     is no longer available.
     30   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     31   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     Similarly, the compat_sysv module has also been split into several
     32   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     version-specific modules, and the mini-monolithic compat_sysv module
     33   1.1.2.2  pgoyette     is no longer provided.
     34   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     35   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 9.  syscalls.master has been updated to autoload the version-specific
     36   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     compat modules rather than the monolithic modules.
     37   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     38   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 10. Separated COMPAT_BSDPTY stuff, allowing the COMPAT_60 module to be
     39   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     built regardless.
     40   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     41   1.1.2.5  pgoyette 11. Implemented a MP-safe mechanism for installing and removing function
     42   1.1.2.5  pgoyette     pointers.  Thanks to riastradh@ for the template code.
     43   1.1.2.5  pgoyette 
     44   1.1.2.6  pgoyette 12. Replace version-specific parts of the compat_netbsd32 module (and
     45   1.1.2.6  pgoyette     also the compat_netbsd32_sysv module) with individual modules.  Update
     46   1.1.2.6  pgoyette     dependencies accordingly.  (Done, but see #13 below.)
     47   1.1.2.6  pgoyette 
     48   1.1.2.8  pgoyette 13. Finished splitting the vnd_30 and vnd_50 compat code into separate
     49   1.1.2.8  pgoyette     modules.
     50   1.1.2.8  pgoyette 
     51   1.1.2.8  pgoyette 14. Cleaned up some previous vectored routines (related to if_43.c) to
     52   1.1.2.8  pgoyette     use the MP-safe mechanism.
     53   1.1.2.7  pgoyette 
     54  1.1.2.17  pgoyette 15. Organized netbsd32 machine-dependent code to fit a common build
     55  1.1.2.17  pgoyette     framework, and split version-specific code from baseline code as
     56  1.1.2.17  pgoyette     needed.
     57   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     58   1.1.2.1  pgoyette TODO - Required for branch merge
     59   1.1.2.1  pgoyette --------------------------------
     60   1.1.2.8  pgoyette 16. The ieee_80211 compat code needs to be verified to make sure it is
     61   1.1.2.5  pgoyette     handling the if43_20 compat routine cvtcmd() correctly.
     62   1.1.2.5  pgoyette 
     63   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     64   1.1.2.1  pgoyette TODO - Not required for branch merge
     65   1.1.2.1  pgoyette ------------------------------------
     66  1.1.2.14  pgoyette 17. Audit the entire code base for any remaining embedded #ifdef's for
     67   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     COMPAT_xx.  When found, move the actual compat code into the compat
     68   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     hierarchy and replace originals with indirect (vectored) calls.
     69   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     70  1.1.2.14  pgoyette 18. The rtsock compat code is a disaster, with rtsock_50.c #include-ing
     71   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     the main rtsock.c code with various manipulations of the COMPAT_50
     72   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     macro.  Once rtsock is separated, compat_14 references to rtsock_50
     73   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     routines needs to be verified.
     74   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     75   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     Currently, this entire code is built for the monolithic COMPAT
     76   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     module, but there's no way to reach the entry points, so none of
     77   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     the compat code can be executed, neither on the branch nor on
     78   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     HEAD.
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     80  1.1.2.14  pgoyette 19. The compat_60 module still needs some work for XEN systems.  We
     81   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     probably need some build infrastructure changes to ensure that
     82   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     XEN (and, for i386, XEN-PAE) modules are build with the correct
     83   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     macros defined and with -I directories specified in the same order
     84   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     as for building kernels. See PR port-xen/53130.  This currently
     85   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     prevents loading of micro-code updates for amd64 processors running
     86   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     XEN kernels.  This limitation also exists on HEAD.
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     88  1.1.2.14  pgoyette 20. There seems to be quite a bit of MD compat_xx code, in the various
     89   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     sys/arch/ directories.  I haven't yet looked at any of this.  But it
     90   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     seems to me that the MI compat build infrastructure should have some
     91   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     mechanism to "reach over" to the MD code, #include a Makefile.inc file,
     92   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     and perhaps define something to enable the MI modcmd code to call a
     93   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     compat_xx_MD_init() routine.
     94   1.1.2.1  pgoyette 
     95   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     Note also that there are a few bits of MD code that is COMPAT_44
     96   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     related.  (The only bit of MI COMPAT_44 code is in the single module
     97   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     shared by COMPAT_43 and COMPAT_09.)  This affects the cesfic, hp300,
     98   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     news68k, and x68k platforms, all in their respective machdep.c
     99   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     source file.  Additionally, the zaurus platform defines COMPAT_44 in
    100   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     its INSTALL kernel configuration - but no other configuration files!
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    102   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     As far as I can tell, none of the MD compat code is currently built
    103   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     into the monolithic COMPAT module on HEAD.  Thus, its absence from
    104   1.1.2.1  pgoyette     any of the version-specific modules is not a regression.
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    106  1.1.2.14  pgoyette 21. For compat_50, in addition to rtsock there are some things in dev/gpio
    107   1.1.2.8  pgoyette     and dev/wscons/wsmux that I haven't been able to cleanly separate.
    108   1.1.2.8  pgoyette     These items are not currently included in the monolithic COMPAT module
    109   1.1.2.8  pgoyette     on HEAD, so lack of integration on the branch is not a regression.
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    111  1.1.2.15  pgoyette 22. Find all the remaining dependencies on the compat_utils routines and
    112  1.1.2.15  pgoyette     deal with them appropriately.  For now, we simply ensure that they
    113  1.1.2.15  pgoyette     are included in every kernel via 'options COMPAT_UTILS' in file
    114  1.1.2.15  pgoyette     sys/conf/std
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