Subject: Re: Running DU apps on NetBSD...
To: None <peterpan@wn.net>
From: None <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/06/1999 12:57:54
> Was NetBSD's kernel desgined to be like the DU kernel? I ask
> that because the later programs I tried were looking for a
> function from the kernel before it would even start. This is
> with DU JDK and acroreader.  So if the kernel had thoses
> attributes it could run them. The apps die with this error upon
> execution (below). Thanks for your help.

As far as I know you may fail due to the fact that DU has thread
support and NetBSD doesn't -- this seems to be supported by:

> get_reply_port: failed allocating new reply port. (os/kern) unknown
> error code (4e)
> DECthreads bugcheck (version V3.14-127), terminating execution.
> vpInit: getsysinfo() failed: 45
>
>
> ***RECURSIVE BUGCHECK IN THREAD 1***
>
> ***CANNOT CONTINUE: REPORTED STATE MAY BE INACCURATE AND INCOMPLETE***

0x4e =3D 78 =3D ENOSYS, "Function not implemented".

Regards,

- H=E5vard