--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Joerg Schilling <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Joerg Schilling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [oi-dev] [illumos-Developer] GSOC2011 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 9:15 AM > Eric Schrock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Joerg Schilling < > > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sun on the other side did introduce BrandZ > instead of LKP in order to avoid > > > rnning Linux binariers to become too simple - Sun > was in fear that this > > > could > > > harm the stand of Solaris. > > > > > > > As a member of the original BrandZ team, I can say for > a fact that this is > > false. Prior to BrandZ, there was an internal > implementation of the > ... > > > > It was all about maintainability and supportability, > and had nothing to do > > with making it "less simple" or protecting "the stand > of Solaris". > > If you have been a member of the team, you should have seen > LKP on SCO UNIX. > LKP is different from lxrun as it does not simply catch > syscalls via signals > but creates a Linux infrastructure under /linux. Linux > programs run chroot()ed > in /linux and can see the UNIX infrastructure under /unix. > > For this reason, it is easy to have the "right" things in > /proc and /etc. > > BTW: my information is from people who have been in the > team or have been very > close to the team. > > Jörg Hi Jorg, That sounds about right as I was one of those people using and testing out Linux native binaries on Solaris/OpenSolaris for many years in production environments. Most of us got pretty far as having CentOS/Redhat 5.x binaries running natively. Kinda 'old-school' now, but I think there is still a need for it. ~ Ken Mays _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
