Subject: Re: SVR4 emulation and network connections
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/26/2003 19:37:13
In article <1046272294.26683.23.camel@othello>,
John Ruschmeyer <jruschme@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>So, a few questions:
>
>1) Anybody know why this code was included, but disabled? Is there a
>hidden gotcha?

because nobody tested it.

>2) Does *anybody* use Solaris emulation on a Sparc with TCP-based
>applications? If so, which ones and what is the trick to getting them to
>work?

I had, but not recently.
>3) Does this all go away if I use newer Solaris libs?

Maybe. I know that I've tested 2.8 telnet, but that was a long time ago.

If I get some spare cycles, I'll try 2.9...

If the code works for you, I'll enable it.

christos