Subject: Re: How to run Linux binaries on NetBSD/i386-1.2
To: Rick Byers <rickb@iaw.on.ca>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/24/1997 19:05:02
Rick Byers writes:
> I don't think it's possible to do BOTH SVR4 and LINUX, so you'll probably
> have to make a decision (or keep two kernels - arrgg) about which one is
> more important.  I use COMPAT_LINUX and it works fine for me...

This is mostly true. However, there are tricks the kernel uses to try
to guess whether a file is a Linux or SVR4 executable. You should try
it first and see if it works for you before giving up and yanking one
or the other out of your options.

BTW, a program to "brand" ELF executables so that you can select which
emulator to run is going to show up at some point, so this will be
"fixed" at some point.

Perry