On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:51:08PM -0500, Jeff Dike wrote:
> brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> > How feasible would it be to port UML to a non-Linux?
>
> Hard to say, because no one has done it yet. Obviously, the closer to Linux
> the other OS is, the better. The biggest items (or equivalents or emulations
> therof) you'll need are, off the top of my head
> interception and nullification of Linux system calls on that
> architecture
> something like clone - different address spaces, but shared open file
> tables
> mmap with MAP_FIXED support
>
> > Has anyone experimented with hosting UML under Mac OS X?
>
> Not too seriously, as far as I've heard. However, that would seem to be
> the best bet for a UML port because the underlying BSD is pretty close to
> Linux.
Jeff have you talked any further with those NetBSD people I found? It
looked like a tt mode port were close.
--
Dan Shearer
dan@xxxxxxxxxxx
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