Subject: Re: NetBSD DOSEMU -- questions from a prospective NetBSD user
To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/22/1996 17:50:24
John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
>
> > > - How good is NetBSD's Linux emulation? (Even though I don't run it
> > > personally, a good test is how well it runs Linux doom or Netscape)
> >
> > Well, it does work. I never used it yet. As for NetScape, the BSD386
> > version seemed more appropriate.
>
> Does it emulate Linux sound?
Yes, but the emulation is rather primitive. In particular, it doesn't
support the mmap() interface in the Linux drivers.
> (I gather that NetBSD's Linux emulation is better than
> FreeBSD's?)
FreeBSD's is actually taken from NetBSD originally, and the two have
diverged somewhat.