Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Opera, and NetBSD
To: Jeff Flowers <jeffrey@jeffreyf.net>
From: Stefan Schumacher <stefan@net-tex.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/31/2002 18:19:55
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Jeff Flowers wrote:


> > > I recently noticed that Opera now has a native binary
> > > for FreeBSD. Does anyone know if this binary can run
> > > on NetBSD as well?
> >
> > It should, if your kernel has been compiled with binary
> > compatibility for FreeBSD.
>
> Well, then let me ask this: does the generic kernel supplied with
> NetBSD have this support compiled in, or is it expected that the user
> will compile a new kernel?

According to
/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC
Kernel is compiled with compatibility for FreeBSD, Linux, SVR4
and SCO/ISC but you need to setup /emul/freebsd as described in
compat_freebsd(8) .

And I would like to know if you have success with FreeBSD Opera ;-)


HTH
Stef
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