Subject: Re: NetBSD DOSEMU -- questions from a prospective NetBSD user
To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
List: netbsd-ports
Date: 06/22/1996 17:50:24
John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:

> 
> > >  - How good is NetBSD's Linux emulation?  (Even though I don't run it 
> > >    personally, a good test is how well it runs Linux doom or Netscape)
> > 
> >  Well, it does work. I never used it yet. As for NetScape, the BSD386
> > version seemed more appropriate.
> 
> Does it emulate Linux sound?

Yes, but the emulation is rather primitive.  In particular, it doesn't
support the mmap() interface in the Linux drivers.

> (I gather that NetBSD's Linux emulation is better than
> FreeBSD's?)

FreeBSD's is actually taken from NetBSD originally, and the two have
diverged somewhat.