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From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
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To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:01:46 -0400, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" wrote:
> 
> > "Linux to native system call vector redirection"
> >
> > just *might* be better worded as
> >
> > "Linux to native system call translation"
> >
> > I don't think 'vector' is appropriate and translation is
> > indeed being done AFAIK.
> 
> Anyone have any better suggestions, or is Jeroen's wording good?  I
> wouldn't know one way or another.  For all I know, the Linuxulator runs
> on tomato juice. ;-)

Aha... that would explain why I'm drooling everytime I'm working on the
Linuxulator :-)

I prefer "system call translation" over "vector redirection". Maybe the
use of ABI is not misplaced as well (as in "ABI translation")?

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