Re: Linux compatibility ...

[prasad <prasadb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Atul Chitnis wrote:

> A related example - when Alan Cox ported Linux to the Apple Macintosh 68K
> platform, he got the kernel running, and then was able to run *unmodified*
> binaries from the Amiga (also 68K) Linux platform.

Very true. Since the ABI is the same , the syscall interface is 
the same. As Unix style programs are well behaved, 
we could run quite a few programs this way. In 
fact, I suppose iBCS must depend on this
to get SCO binaries to work on Linux.

- - Prasad

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