Posted on by Justin Sherrill
USER_LDT on by default

The kernel option USER_LDT is now on by default, as it’s useful for ports like Wine, or mplayer, and will be needed for threading. Suggested by Craig Dooley.

One Reply to “USER_LDT on by default”

  1. This led to Matt’s decision to remove
    support for the sysarch() call ( as was done in FreeBSD 5.x ) because otherwise USER_LDT conflicts with SVR4 emulation. Good suggestion, for the guy who brought it up.

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