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From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes)
Subject: Re: BSD SunOS binary compatability
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 20:45:56 GMT
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K.T. Wieringa (ktw@tcsi.sol.net) wrote:
%  Just how compatible is BSD with SunOS binaries with the COMPAT_SUNOS kernel
%  flag? 

mwilley@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey) writes:
> I could be wrong, but...  I think that only applies to the actual Sun
> hardware port of NetBSD.  Unless the '386 version supports running
> Solarisx86 binaries.

Ken Nakata (kenn@eden.rutgers.edu) wrote:
: I think COMPAT_SUNOS is supported by most (if not all) m68k ports,
: such as Mac68k.

: Anyway, that doesn't allow you to run Sun3/4 binary on an i386.

Will a COMPAT_SUNOS kernel allow you to run Sun 386i (RoadRunner) binaries
on an x86?  Has anyone looked into this?  Does anyone care?  ;^)

	Wes Peters