enable linux compatibility

[Lowell Gilbert]

saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa at yahoo.com> writes:

> Hai 
> 
> I tried to enable linux compatibility on my freebsd
> (5.3 Release)kernel by adding 'options COMPAT_LINUX'
> in my kernel config file and recompiled the kernel
> using this file.But even after, this is not enabled.
> 
> kldstat o/p shows as 
> 
> # kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1    3 0xc0400000 5ef620   kernel
>  2   14 0xc09f0000 537f0    acpi.ko

Right.  You installed it directly into your kernel, instead of as a
kernel module.  Therefore, it does not show up in a list of kernel
modules.  

> The 'linux' command also not found. 

Not needed.

> What may be the problem?

You haven't tried anything that *uses* the linux compatibility.
What do you want it for?