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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: LINUX of BSD? Which one ...
Date: 1 Apr 1996 18:15:02 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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In article <315BD137.167E@hboix1.enet.dec.com>,
Lars Hofhansl <lars@hboix1.enet.dec.com> wrote:
:mich@pbinet.com wrote:
:>
:> In <4ip4om$15c@Dortmund.Germany.EU.net>, nerle@pdv.de (Dirk Nerling) writes:
:> >Btw. You are able to run Linux binaries under FreeBSD...
:>
:> You must forgive me if I am a bit incredulous after reading this statement. Is this
:> true? I've been reading up on this stuff in prep for setting up my own x86 BSD
:> system and if this is true it would be sweet. But seems like I've read the opposite
:> elsewhere.
:
:You can run almost every a.out-Linux-program (including Linux-Netscape !). The ELF stuff
:is not (yet) running, though (I think there is another restriction concerning
:qmagic, omagic, zmagic et al).
:There are actually some programs which can't run (the svgalib stuff etc).
:
:I repeat : On my system I can almost every a.out-Linux program...
New snapshots of the upcoming FreeBSD releases can run ELF as well, but
the problem is that Native elf support (not default.. in FreeBSD, a.out
is mostly sufficient) was added at the same time and it is not possible
to tell from the headers a native BSD elf binary and a LINUX elf binary..
you have to use more subtle points and it's not decided yet quite how
to do this.. this is one drawback with the elf format.
:
:
: Lars
:
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