From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 18 12:34: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F343154AC for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:33:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 749 invoked from network); 18 Nov 1999 20:33:52 -0000 Received: from useraf04.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.131.245) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 18 Nov 1999 20:33:52 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id UAA00560; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:33:40 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:33:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Greg Lehey Cc: Jonathon McKitrick , Joss Roots , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Other OSs-Compatibility Layer Test Algorithm Message-ID: <19991118203340.C319@marder-1> References: <19991118190825.8067.rocketmail@web115.yahoomail.com> <19991118142221.47660@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991118142221.47660@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 02:22:21PM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 18 November 1999 at 19:16:32 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > >>> It can run SunOS 5 (Solaris) on Intel (ELF), > >>> NetBSD and SCO (COFF) > >>> executables. > > > > Why the distinction between SunOS on Intel and the others? Does that mean > > NetBSD and SCO emulation can run on other processors? > > I don't know of any emulations which emulate a different instruction > set, Is that not what FX!32 does to run Intel Windows apps on DEC Alphas (under WinNT for Alpha), or were you being FreeBSD/Unix specific? > so there's a further restriction: as far as I know, *all* of the > emulations run on Intel only, and they emulate Intel coe for the other > operating system. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message