Subject: Re: MacOS X binary compatibility status
To: Xavier HUMBERT <xavier.humbert@xavhome.fr.eu.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/12/2002 13:36:26
xavier.humbert@xavhome.fr.eu.org (Xavier HUMBERT) writes:
> 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 ?
The Darwin kernel is, at its core, very different from the *BSDs. Mach
and BSD aren't the same thing at all. There are interface shims and
userland programs from the *BSDs in Darwin, but the kernel really is
different, and not derivative.
- Nathan