Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:05:35 +0300 From: Michael Dexter <dexter@ambidexter.com> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jail and compat_linux plans? Message-ID: <a06210217beba04b2ff8e@[192.168.1.100]> In-Reply-To: <4293A337.8030309@freebsd.org> References: <a06210215beb95026325b@[192.168.1.100]> <4293A337.8030309@freebsd.org>
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Peter, >>Are jail and compat_linux being maintained in the PPC tree? > > I believe that jail will "just work" since it's not PPC-specific >(and in the GENERIC kernel). It will be the first thing I check when I get PPC up. On a Pismo preferably and a mini if necessary. > There's not been any work on compat_linux though, despite the >excellent set of articles by Emmanuel Dreyfus on NetBSD/PPC linux >emu - > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/05/10/linux_bsd.html I have looked for a compat_linux home page for years and only come up with sources and mailing lists. I recall seeing mention of compat_linux updates in 5.3/5.4 (to RedHat 8) and the "slippery slope" of implementing anything too current and I am not sure why RH8 was chosen over RH9 given that they both use the 2.4 kernel. >I have glanced at the linux_base ports, though none really seem to >be the right distro for PPC. Any ideas on that ? The default linuxulator has always used RedHat and I suspect that will continue with Fedora. The inclusion of PPC support in Fedora Core 4 may answer your question. I will not speculate as to what this means for the future of the Yellow Dog Linux distribution. Fedora on mini: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/mac-mini/ Which opens the door to compat_linux "the hard way:" http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/11/16/Big_Scary_Daemons.html I am currently experimenting with compat_linux jails and hence my question. Along the same lines are compat_mach/darwin: http://hcpnet.free.fr/applebsd.html And effectively the Mac jail for Linux: http://maconlinux.org/ that has been ported to Mac: http://maconmac.bastix.net/ Licensing notwithstanding, might this the feasible on FreeBSD? Michael.
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