From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 6 12:55:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2B8106566C for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:55:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lichray@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com (mail-ee0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBC48FC08 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:55:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eekc1 with SMTP id c1so1812746eek.13 for ; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:55:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ajohQuXLBU44AuDsserQJRO64gPfmlmL7EcP9poKQHc=; b=IN1KUq4wivS3w7FS/l1Gu5Nsu62QdNC5uoy6gKWBU1lgQakCh4Ls5sX2UFuiP6yRqx SWM3zPiVrx0nnjUTSbUFbCfgOO7CnRJAx8spj+mj2Cj6Z3E9xNvX8VOfw8fPYtKgwtsH f27Czt8+h3A5g64WUOE0M/MxRPvye8+/mOeCE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.18.91 with SMTP id k67mr2433048eek.83.1323174543708; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.47.194 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:29:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111206122146.3002664c@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20111206095325.66342106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <20111206122146.3002664c@gumby.homeunix.com> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:29:03 -0600 Message-ID: From: Zhihao Yuan To: RW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:55:06 -0000 On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:21 AM, RW wrote: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:54:18 -0600 > Zhihao Yuan wrote: > > >> Not really. The actual thing is, linuxulator is a Linux kernel running >> as a FreeBSD kernel module. The only thing FreeBSD kernel do is to >> identify the Linux program and to pass it to the Linux kernel. To the >> Linux programs inside a GNU chroot enviroment, they think they are >> running inside a Linux box and actually they are running inside a >> Linux box. > > Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that it was a > fairly thin emulation layer on top of the FreeBSD kernel. Has something > changed? To Linux program, there is no "emulation layer". This technology should be called "extended ELF lookup table", and has nothing to do with emulation. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Zhihao Yuan, nickname lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/