On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:21 AM, RW <rwmailli...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- Zhihao Yuan, nickname lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
