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Date:      Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:09:03 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: Linuxulator MI bits in sys/compat/linux 
Message-ID:  <200008201909.MAA00421@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Aug 2000 11:49:24 PDT." <39A02834.E6500194@cup.hp.com> 

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"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
> 
> 
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