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Date:      Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:02:49 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: linux_load="YES"
Message-ID:  <20021012030249.GA73064@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021011190807.B198-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com>
References:  <20021011190807.B198-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com>

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On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 07:09:45PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> In my /boot/loader.conf I have: linux_load=3D"YES"
>=20
> I know I can run linux (all flavors?) binaries, but does the line above
> also mean I can compile hardware drivers that sourceforge.net people have
> gotten to work on Linux?  Is there a good FAQ to read about this topic?

No, it's userland binary compatibility, not source or kernel module
compatibility.  There's a good handbook entry about how Linux
compatibility works in FreeBSD.

Kris

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