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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:12:32 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vmware and linux loadable modules
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903160911160.47099-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990315194803.B16646@winternet.com>

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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote:

> 
> I was looking over the vmware product (http://www.vmware.com/) and it seems
> to require the linux equivalent of KLDs.   Is it possible to load and use
> these on FreeBSD?

I'm afraid not.  The Linux kernel is very different from FreeBSD and we
will almost certainly never be able to share nontrivial kernel modules.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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