From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Aug 20 11:59:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4912237B422 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2000 11:59:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA00421; Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:09:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200008201909.MAA00421@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Marcel Moolenaar Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Linuxulator MI bits in sys/compat/linux In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 20 Aug 2000 11:49:24 PDT." <39A02834.E6500194@cup.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:09:03 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Yes, I like it." > Hi all, > > I've been working on splitting the Linuxulator in a machine dependent > part and a machine independent part. This allows us to port the > Linuxulator to different platforms, of which the Alpha will be the > first. > > I like to have consensus about where the MI bits will live. My proposal > is: > > sys/compat/linux > > Pros: > o It gives us a place for other -ulators such as svr4 > o It doesn't "polute" the sys/ root. > o It matches sysctl, which has compat.linux.* > > Cons: > o We need to repocopy other compat stuff to have the full > advantage of this scheme. > > Request: > This topic has a high bikeshed probability quotient. I ask everyone to > keep focused and constructive. > > Thanks, > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar > mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org > tel: (408) 447-4222 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message > -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message