On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:30 PM, Travis H. wrote:
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> Can anyone describe succinctly how, say, Linux binary emulation works?
> URLs welcome.  Calls to RTFM just as welcome.  I'm hoping for
> something very low-level, like explaining that int 0x80 maps does
> this-or-that, whereas NetBSD natively uses int 0x81, or whatever.

The NetBSD guide has a very brief section on Linux emulation but it
doesn't really delve into any details.

The FreeBSD handbook has a blurb on implementation.  However, on
NetBSD the plumbing is a little different.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu- 
advanced.html

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