Subject: Re: shell scripts in an emulation environment
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Robert.V.Baron <rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/29/1998 08:20:00
1. I have to agree -- though less vehemently -- with Frank. If we want
to advertise NetBSD, we should do so. We should make it popular and
do whatever it takes. I am really pissed that a video driver I need
from Xi (for the Neomagic 2160) is available for Linux, BSDI and
FreeBSD, but not NetBSD. I don't particularly enjoy trying to see
which of these other drivers work for us. (This Neomagic topic has
been discussed before.)
2. Todd's probably right. In returning a uname of Linux, I skirt the
issue of release. And I'd guess that the libraries that you are
using in /emul/linux might be specific to a particular release. So
I'd opt for a sysctl that lets you down load ALL the uname info for
emulated os's.
3. Finally, (and this is/will be an ongoing refrain) the stock 1.2/1.3
NetBSD Linux emulation is not good enough to run Caldera Wabi. I've
posted the patches and am waiting.