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On 10 March 2012 14:19, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/8/495
>
> Awww, how cute, the little OS is growing up :)
>
> Seriously, FreeBSD's ability to run binaries compiled on 3.x on 9.x is
> incredibly awesome!

.. and someone should write an lkml article on the challenges in doing
exactly that.



Adrian

> Now it's only a matter of time when Linus gets it that the kernel ABI
> should also fall under such rules, and in just a few short years we will
> have another usable / non-broken OS ;)
>
> [end tongue-in-cheek transmission]
>
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