Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:07:57 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux 2.6 on 7.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <20080603080757.GA58232@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90806021958yff18f26i47c8b4978a67f212@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b47caa90806011858y69b04edap806f34712c346b52@mail.gmail.com> <20080602075128.GA67510@freebsd.org> <3b47caa90806021958yff18f26i47c8b4978a67f212@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:58:52PM -0500, Novembre wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 08:58:34PM -0500, Novembre wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I know that 2.4 is the default Linux kernel to use on 7.0-RELEASE, but is > > it > > > possible to use the Linux 2.6 compatibility layer or the changes needed > > to > > > run it only exists in 7.0-STABLE? I couldn't find any information in the > > > wiki page ( http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel/ ) --- it was last > > updated > > > in September 2007. > > > > you can use 2.6 emulation in 7.0R, although I'd recommend using 7-STABLE. > > > > I'll add some info on the wiki page that the information there is out of > > date.. > > it confuses more than it informs > > > > > thanks :) is there something specific that i should do to be able to run 2.6 > emulation on 7.0-RELEASE? is there any guide somewhere online about it? the > handbook, I believe, is talking about the default 2.4 emulation, am I right? you can run it by setting sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.6.16, but I really recomend running 7-stable for this. Linuxulator was shipped in 7.0R with a known bug which was fixed in 7-STABLE...
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