Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:20:20 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what kernel does freebsd use? Message-ID: <20030630092020.D21321@barryg.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20030630090949.S39226@alpha.yumyumyum.org>; from culverk@yumyumyum.org on Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:10:32AM -0400 References: <20030630004502.3720.qmail@mail.com> <20030630090949.S39226@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:10:32AM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: >> I've read that there are multiple kernels for BSD. What does FreeBSD >> use? Can I swap it out for other kernels? Or am I mistaken? > >FreeBSD uses the FreeBSD kernel. You can recompile it using the source for >the FreeBSD kernel, but it is the only kernel that works with FreeBSD. Perhaps there's some confusion with OS X which starts life as FreeBSD, but uses a mach kernel. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``The who nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these [new] territories. We want them for the homes of free white people'' -- Abraham Lincoln, Octobe 16, 1854
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