From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 20:07:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE2ACFA0 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com (mail-pb0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96E40F4A for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id uo5so4044998pbc.18 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:07:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=rZXbAkOJ0V4fKWQ6nZp0VmROud3jUsEPhjwJgShVy2s=; b=LQjXm/RdmwWbga5M6bBuH+lbB2oWCtMezuAIulHZWImU+MnXfTTJImun5Q+pzz162W 63mU3OS3YqAkRy3rfFeeqY58Hy9/64/Z0h+qqXhpgPzSmTmReviL7ADdSNN+ZQPgoWOH lXGXa0fTAlqYRD6eT5C/4opmE+lj4Qpwh5rUhsDEIiatx5SUMUHEYibqmX9ABS+SB2hI PIDQGfjgRjXV3Gbn+ElWxHqRViaCpX2Gyy0VIzrPDfgONhv2H6Az0OsRQyAYaF71PEi4 omaIMcPRp0udXuw5w1DW8wIYy9sf3vICWiZYaw6FNgvjZSMMn/eoEDlfe9iIS+7VjKMO kdag== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.133.229 with SMTP id pf5mr16655716pbb.115.1394914072133; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.150.41 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:07:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53243DB2.4000009@rgbaz.eu> References: <53243DB2.4000009@rgbaz.eu> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:07:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: NetBSD compatibility From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: FBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:07:52 -0000 On 15 March 2014 07:46, FBSD wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to run NetBSD binaries (32 bit) > on FreeBSD? > > I'm trying to get an RLM license server to run on > my FBSD 9 server. The Linux emulation returns > errors, so i searched and found a NetBSD binary. > it doesn't run though... > I didn't spend a whole bunch of time searching, but it appears that the answer is no. I believe it would have to be a kernel module (or compiled in) & no such beast exists that I know of. It does appear that NetBSD has quite a bit better compatibility with other OSes: https://www.netbsd.org/docs/compat.html I actually quite like NetBSD, but I haven't used it since the dim & distant days of 1.6.2-ish. -- --