Linux Emu???

[rob copsey]

Hi,
I just installed 4.8 on my Miata 433au for the first time. I was 
wondering:

A.) Is there work in progress to build Linux Emu into the Kernel?
    As when I try 'options COMPAT_LINUX' in the config file; config
    warns of an invalid option.
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B.) Am I barking up the wrong tree? Should I just install debian?

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My ultimate goal is to use the FP capabilities of the EV56 for 
asymptotical analysis. I'm hoping that this architecture will
behave more predictably than i386. I'd like to install programs 
like Mathematica and Matlab for Linux. Given that I've had luck
with FreeBSD on the i386, I was hoping to stay with a good thing
on the alpha.

Please help, I'd be willing to test, report or even contrib.

-RC