Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:26:57 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk-fbsd@mnet-mail.de> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linuxulator blues -- need guidance or tutor for hacking Message-ID: <20060427112657.r389mscji8400ok8@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1146086150.1589.33.camel@localhost.eu.mscsoftware.com> References: <1146086150.1589.33.camel@localhost.eu.mscsoftware.com>
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Quoting "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk-fbsd@mnet-mail.de> (from Wed, 26 =20 Apr 2006 23:15:50 +0200): > Hi, > > I am recently having severe trouble using FreeBSD as a viable platform > for work. I need access so some commercial software that is only > available for Linux, not FreeBSD. Some of it worked earlier on, but new > versions all *don't* work. And I need them for work :-( > > Soooo... I think I will try to find some spare time (besides kids) and > try my skills at hacking to make stuff work. But I'm not a kernel > hacker by any means, so I need a helping hand. And I also can't make > promises as to how much time I will find. If it doesn't work out in the > end, I might have to swap FreeBSD for some Linux distro, as much as I > would hate that idea. > > So is anybody out there that would be willing to help me fix the > linuxulator to a point where it works for me again? The Google Summer of Code is starting soon. And updating the =20 linuxolator is one topic where pre-poposal communication has already =20 started with someone who already knows a little bit about the =20 linuxolator. So I strongly assume there will be a student working on =20 this as a SoC project. [Failing applications] Would you be willing to test his patches this summer? They may panic =20 your box, screw your filesystem or do some other nasty things to your =20 machine in the worst case... > Anyone to help me with these? Anyone that I at least can send emails to > when I get stuck with hacking or simply run out of ideas what I might > try next? We don't have an active linuxolator guru ATM. If you don't want to =20 rely on the SoC project, the only solution is to just start and ask =20 around in case you're stuck. You may or may not get an answer (someone =20 may or may not know the answer). BTW: we're in the process of updating the default linux base port to a =20 newer one (we're waiting for 6.1 release, since the ports tree is =20 still not completely open for sweeping commits). So at the end of the =20 summer the linuxolator will provide a different experience than it =20 provides currently. Bye, Alexander. --=20 http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137 If anything can't go wrong it will.
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