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Subject: Re: Linux kernel compatability
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>>
>> BTW, I have nothing against having source level Linux compatibility in
>> some places, because resulting binary will be FreeBSD one in any case, but
>> I'm strongly against executable binary compatibility level.
>

Hmm. Well, that's a non-starter. Storage vendors provide tools for Linux 
and Windows. That's it. Those tools have to be used on FreeBSD. 
Therefore, binary execution of such tools, and the infrastructure to 
support that, is pretty much mandatory.