Subject: Re: [gback@facility.cs.utah.edu: Alpha testers for EXT2FS support wanted]
To: Kenneth Stailey <kstailey@owl.dol-esa.gov>
From: Jukka Partanen <jtp@cs.hut.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 08/17/1995 15:37:54
Kenneth Stailey writes:
> Mach microkernel + 4.4LITE derived BSD single-server (vs HURD which
> uses multiple servers over Mach.) It emulates FreeBSD, Linux & NetBSD
> 1.0, but not 1.0A (remember the GATE system call to TRAP system call
> change that happened post 1.0 early on? We got a performance boost out
> of it while the Lites team bitched about NetBSD emulation needing
> reworking and the result being slower like their Linux emulation.)
I just implemented support for NetBSD-current system call
emulation in Mach. Now Lites is able to run NetBSD-current
binaries also. I only tested the emulation with statically
linked binaries in /bin from today's build. An announcement
with diffs will be available shortly.
jtp
BARBARA STANWYCK makes me nervous!!