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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>
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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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