Subject: Re: SunOS binary compatibility
To: Steve Quint <squint@flash.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/28/1997 13:44:55
> 
> Just a few quick questions...
> 
> Does "SunOS binary compatibility" really work?  Or is this just a bogus
> option in the configuration file?
> 
> Does this mean I can run something compiled for Sparc on my Mac?  Or only
> if I'm running the Sun Sparc port of NetBSD?

It does work. But you can't run something for Sun Sparc on your mac. You can,
though, run something for Sun3's & SunOS. :-)

All of the binary compatability stuff emulates the kernel of the other
operating system, not the CPU. Thus on a SPARC CPU, NetBSD can emulate
either SunOS/SPARC, or Solaris/SPARC. An i386 can emulate Linux, FreeBSD,
SCO UNIX, and more.

Take care,

Bill