Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu> wrote:

> NetBSD-current has src/sys/compat/linux/arch/amd64, a couple of which
> (AFAICT) are identical apart from copyright and style, are acutally
> shared in Linux, and thus arguably should be shared by our Linux
> emulations.
> 
> Is there some reason to _not_ share, for example linux_socket.h?

If they are shared in Linux, we should share them too.
 
> But on the gripping hand is that I see no amd64 emulation for Linux in
> NetBSD-3. What would be needed to add such support over and above adding
> src/sys/compat/linux/arch/amd64, and suitable entries to
> arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC?
> 
> Is there any real downside to doing that, or requesting pullups (e.g., so
> that any skew in kernel APIs beteen -current and NetBSD-3 can be
> remediated)?

The NPTL stuff could be a problem, but you can give it a try, I doubt it
will be very difficult.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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