Linux kernel compatability

[Andrey Chernov]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 01:42:14PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >> BTW, I have nothing against having source level Linux compatibility in
> >> some places, because resulting binary will be FreeBSD one in any case, but
> >> I'm strongly against executable binary compatibility level.
> >
> 
> Hmm. Well, that's a non-starter. Storage vendors provide tools for Linux 
> and Windows. That's it. Those tools have to be used on FreeBSD. 
> Therefore, binary execution of such tools, and the infrastructure to 
> support that, is pretty much mandatory.

Minimal Windows required to run storage configuration tools may run just 
from USB flash drive, you don't need to infect FreeBSD just for that.

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