From owner-freebsd-emulation Thu Dec 18 08:59:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA02842 for emulation-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:59:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA02822 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:58:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA26200; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:23:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd026197; Wed Dec 17 22:23:23 1997 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:20:38 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux LKM Emulation Question In-Reply-To: <199712180525.VAA17675@mail-gw.pacbell.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Once the LKM is loaded. itis *ALMOST* identical.. the difference is: the init routine is called from a different place and the virtual addresses of the routines are slightly different. Functionally they are identical. On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > I have a question about the speed difference between the Linux LKM and > the kernel option for Linux. > > I'm going to be running at least one program a lot on my system that is a > Linux program (Executor the Mac emulator) and I have 64megs of RAM. Will > I seen any speed increase by building Linux in to the FreeBSD kernel > (v2.2.5) over using the LKM, or should I stick with the LKM? > > Thanks for your time! > > -Sean > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sean J. Schluntz schluntz@pinpt.com > Systems Engineer (408) 997-6900 x222 > PinPoint Software Corporation http://www.pinpt.com > >