Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 09:57:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freefall.FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: LINUX emulation and uname(3). Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971011094708.1979A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <199710110256.QAA19979@pegasus.com>
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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Richard Foulk wrote: > If it runs under Linux it should run under the emulator. Good emulation > is fully bug compatible. Linux uname() _DOES NOT_ return "Linux", it returns the name of the operating system! That just happens to be "Linux" on most implementations, but if you were to read the manpage, you would see that uname() on Linux is not guaranteed to return "Linux". http://www.ctyme.com/linuxdoc/MAN0810.HTM Similarly, if you read FreeBSD uname() manpage, you will see that we are not documented to return "FreeBSD". Ie. Our uname() can return "Linux", "Xenix", or "Win95" and still be working correctly. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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