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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:17:17 -0800
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Subject: Re: Question on Linux emulation
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On 2/9/11 8:46 AM, Super Bisquit wrote:
> Has anyone ever tried porting the effort from NetBSD to FreeBSD with Linux
> PPC  emulation?

  I have an svn branch for this work, and some mostly-working code 
stashed away that I have to bring forward to -current. Just a matter of 
getting enough time.

  BTW, the articles written by Emmanuel Dreyfus on his NetBSD work are a 
great read:

    http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/05/10/linux_bsd.html

later,

Peter.