On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:41:27PM -0400, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> 
> "Bill Dorsey" <dorsey@lila.com> writes:
> 
> > Are there any plans to update compat_linux to work on the Alpha?  Seems like
> > this would be a real plus for a number of NetBSD/Alpha users as it would
> > allow us to use Compaq's C/C++ compilers which offer vastly superior
> > performance to egcs.  Perhaps more importantly, they will allow us to run
> > Compaq's JRE which will open up the possibility of running Java programs on
> > NetBSD/Alpha for the first time (kaffe doesn't even compile last time I
> > tried on NetBSD 1.5.1, and it's too old to be very interesting anyway).
> 
> I can't speak to the state of linux compat on the alpha, as I've never
> tried it, but are there interesting Linux/Alpha applications that
> don't also exist as OSF1/Tru64 applications? Our emulation of that is
> pretty good.

The DEC compilers for Linux emit ELF, not ECOFF -- so it ought to be
possible to use them with NetBSD header files and libraries to build NetBSD
itself.  That'd be a huge win.

AFAIK Linux compatibility on the Alpha currently works.  Anyone know
otherwise?

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    And now he couldn't remember when this passion had flown, leaving him so
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