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From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 07:27:48 -0700
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> > The *really* hot machine is going to be the OSX ABI supported under=20
> > FreeBSD and running Aqua.  I betcha this happens FAST.
>=20
> I doubt it would be fast at all if it even happens.  Unlike Linux,=20
> svr4, and ibcs2, OS X is not just a POSIXish UNIX kernel.  It also=20
> includes mach so there would have to be a lot of emulation to support=20
> that.  OS X also tends to define its interface not at the kernel=20
> syscall level but at the library API level (from what I have heard),=20
> which means that it might require having custom versions of the base=20
> system frameworks ala Wine which would be an enormous amount of work.

The NetBSD people are working on it: http://hcpnet.free.fr/applebsd.html

Cheers,
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Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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