Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:46:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Brian Sobolak" <brian@planetshwoop.com> To: "cpghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [WISH] Linux kernel as drop-in replacement in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <45698.4.17.250.5.1139417202.squirrel@webmail.psys.org> In-Reply-To: <20060207214805.GA9921@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20060207214805.GA9921@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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cpghost wrote: > Hello, > > since Linux' support for some hardware is better than FreeBSD's, > it would be nice to have an *optional* way of running a FreeBSD > system (userland, including all third party programs) on top > of the Linux kernel. > > This would be somewhat the reverse of /boot/kernel/linux.ko, > some kind of adaptation layer between Linux kernel and our libc, > loader etc... > > If we had this feature (perhaps as a port), it would be > convenient to boot into Linux kernel when FreeBSD-non-supported > hardware is needed; of course keeping FreeBSD kernel as the > default, high-performance optimized one for all normal cases. > > Perhaps someone's already working on this, but I can't find > any hints or pointers to it. If I'm not mistaken, this is basically what Apple has done with OSX. They started with a Mach kernel instead of Linux, but the userland is BSD. If you're not particular about the kernel, it might be an option for you. brian -- Brian Sobolak http://www.planetshwoop.com/
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