Subject: Re: MacOS X binary compatibility status
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/10/2002 20:52:49
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 09:38:50PM +0100, Xavier HUMBERT wrote:
> Since MacOSX/Darwin is already largely based on NetBSD, with a few adds
> from FreeBSD, is there an interest other than technical performance to
> have MacOSX on NetBSD ?
>
> Please, there is no offence, the answer "because it's fun" sounds
> perfectly reasonable to me, but is there another ?
So, I'm wondering how much of the Mach-O support can be leveraged
to supply the Mach system calls missing from the Digital UNIX
emulation on the Alpha.
I'd kinda like to run, for example, Acrobat Reader. Y'know.
--
Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
On the community of supercomputer fans:
"But what we lack in size we make up for in eccentricity."
from Steve Gombosi, comp.sys.super, 31 Jul 2000 11:22:43 -0600