linux 2.6 on 7.0-RELEASE

Rick C. Petty rick-freebsd at kiwi-computer.com
Mon Jun 2 21:28:11 UTC 2008


On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:51:28AM +0200, Roman Divacky wrote:
> > 
> > I know that 2.4 is the default Linux kernel to use on 7.0-RELEASE, but is it
> > possible to use the Linux 2.6 compatibility layer or the changes needed to
> > run it only exists in 7.0-STABLE? I couldn't find any information in the
> > wiki page ( http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel/ ) --- it was last updated
> > in September 2007.
> 
> you can use 2.6 emulation in 7.0R, although I'd recommend using 7-STABLE.

Howso?  I always get the error:

compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 is not supported

> I'll add some info on the wiki page that the information there is out of date..
> it confuses more than it informs

That would be great, thanks!

-- Rick C. Petty


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