From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 3 12:42:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from exchange.quest.com (unknown [192.77.210.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9056015964 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:42:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SBenjamin@quest.com) Received: by exchange.quests.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:42:08 -0700 Message-ID: <1D7D0A00F0E8D111A26600104B873E4C01783761@exchange.quests.com> From: Scott Benjamin To: Jordan Hubbard , Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Binary Compatibility Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:42:07 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I think that Terry did an excellent job as well. I too agree Jordan, that it needs to me SGML-ified and that it should be refered to as Binary Compatibility.. Much better than emulation, when ever I hear emulation, the first thing that pops into my mind is "It probably won't work" =) Scott -----Original Message----- From: Jordan Hubbard [mailto:jkh@zippy.cdrom.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:58 PM To: Terry Lambert Cc: SBenjamin@quest.com; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Binary Compatibility > FreeBSD has an abstraction called an "execution class loader". This > is a wedge into the execve(2) system call. This is a really excellent synopsis, Terry - you have a talent for explaining things. When can I sign you up to write a book related to FreeBSD? :-) Seriously, I think this needs to be SGML-ified and turned into a Handbook section on "emulation". I also don't much like the negative implication of "emulation" and now refer to it as "Linux binary compatability" rather than using the dreaded e-word. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message