Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:29:03 -0600 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? Message-ID: <CAGsORuDWFDvrcbjN0wREsb%2B%2BmRMZKbcjgCGGDgT2Tr8svMD9Wg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111206122146.3002664c@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <eer12xrotnbwco8ti8cfbwy3.1323091614336@email.android.com> <20111206095325.66342106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGsORuAa2-b2xrwttEfwei9VJB4GonKM_Evn4RxopGO=i%2BiryA@mail.gmail.com> <20111206122146.3002664c@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:21 AM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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? To Linux program, there is no "emulation layer". This technology should be called "extended ELF lookup table", and has nothing to do with emulation. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Zhihao Yuan, nickname lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/
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