Subject: Re: Any plans on upgrading linux-emulator to 7.0 version?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/01/2002 23:38:18
Thomas Michael Wanka writes:

>On 1 Feb 2002 at 16:09, sucho2 wrote:
>> I think some of problems with linux emulation is due to the fact that
>> it's base is based on old 2.2 kernel (suse 6.x).  Is there a work
>> going on to update linux base to 2.4 kernel (i.e., suse 7.x or redhat
>> 7.x) like what freebsd camp did to their linux base (freebsd updated
>> redhat 6.x to redhat 7.x base)?
>
>even if you were using SuSE Linux 7.x I would recommend to 
>stay with the 2.2.x kernels. I do not know how much several 
>problems with the 2.4.x kernels would actually affect the 
>emulation.

what do you mean with "kernel"?  it's using the NetBSD kernel of course.
maybe the original author meant "glibc, as intended by Suse/Redhat
to work under the x.y.z kernel on the original system"?

  --mkb