Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:21:46 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? Message-ID: <20111206122146.3002664c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGsORuAa2-b2xrwttEfwei9VJB4GonKM_Evn4RxopGO=i%2BiryA@mail.gmail.com> References: <eer12xrotnbwco8ti8cfbwy3.1323091614336@email.android.com> <20111206095325.66342106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGsORuAa2-b2xrwttEfwei9VJB4GonKM_Evn4RxopGO=i%2BiryA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:54:18 -0600 Zhihao Yuan wrote: > Not really. The actual thing is, linuxulator is a Linux kernel running > as a FreeBSD kernel module. The only thing FreeBSD kernel do is to > identify the Linux program and to pass it to the Linux kernel. To the > Linux programs inside a GNU chroot enviroment, they think they are > running inside a Linux box and actually they are running inside a > Linux box. Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that it was a fairly thin emulation layer on top of the FreeBSD kernel. Has something changed?
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