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Date:      Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:29:41 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: linux sysctl knobs (was Re: RealPlayer 7)
Message-ID:  <38D3D925.E0A2EDE6@cup.hp.com>
References:  <Pine.OSF.4.21.0003172227570.5419-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>

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Steve Price wrote:

> On -current at least you can set the following sysctl knobs.  Beware!
> No telling what might break if you do this, so you're on your own if
> you change them and weird things start happening with your other
> Linux apps.
> 
> $ sysctl -a | grep linux
> compat.linux.osname: Linux
> compat.linux.osrelease: 2.2.12
> compat.linux.oss_version: 198144

If you need to have compat.linux.osname something other than Linux *and*
you also need it to have Linux for other binaries you are running
concurrently, then you can always create a prison. The sysctls are on a
per jail basis. See jail(8)

FYI,

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
  mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
  tel:  (408) 447-4222


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