cpghost wrote: > Hello, > > since Linux' support for some hardware is better than FreeBSD's, > it would be nice to have an *optional* way of running a FreeBSD > system (userland, including all third party programs) on top > of the Linux kernel. > > This would be somewhat the reverse of /boot/kernel/linux.ko, > some kind of adaptation layer between Linux kernel and our libc, > loader etc... > > If we had this feature (perhaps as a port), it would be > convenient to boot into Linux kernel when FreeBSD-non-supported > hardware is needed; of course keeping FreeBSD kernel as the > default, high-performance optimized one for all normal cases. > > Perhaps someone's already working on this, but I can't find > any hints or pointers to it.
If I'm not mistaken, this is basically what Apple has done with OSX. They started with a Mach kernel instead of Linux, but the userland is BSD. If you're not particular about the kernel, it might be an option for you. brian -- Brian Sobolak http://www.planetshwoop.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"