From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 5 04:23:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA23229 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 04:23:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA23222 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 04:23:57 -0800 (PST) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA32004; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 04:15:28 -0800 Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA32235; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:15:21 +0100 Message-Id: <9602051215.AA32235@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hackers%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: Message from "Amancio Hasty Jr." of Mon, 05 Feb 96 02:35:56 PST. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Willows Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 05 Feb 96 13:15:21 +0100 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk hasty@rah.star-gate.com writes: > What is the sysi386 issue? > Amancio > that's where (among other things) the LDT stuff gets handled. Willows uses a sysi86 syscall from SCO which has to be emulated under Linux and FBSD. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org