From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 11 02:27:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA28425 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 02:27:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA28420 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 02:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA29454; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 19:25:39 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604110955.TAA29454@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DOS emulator; Silly questions ... To: tam@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 19:25:39 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Tam Weng Seng" at Apr 11, 96 04:16:29 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tam Weng Seng stands accused of saying: > > 1. What does the from BSDI translate into for > FreeBSD ??? Is is ???? Or is that something > added in current ???? It appears to be a historic wart. See my patches as previously referred. > 2. Has anybody gotten it to compile and work ??? Yes and no, in that order. There are some kernel interaction problems that aren't yet resolved, and until we've got this sorted out, the remainder is effectively impossible to test. In the first instance, -current will probably be required to use it, with perhaps some patches available to update -stable, but I can't see -stable adding this sort of (dangerous) support for some time. > tam. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[