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Is the Switch the second console this generation to run FreeBSD?
- dottedmag 10y agoIs it or is it just a <tree.h> header from FreeBSD copied to the source code?
- freeone3000 10y agosys/socket.h is the most likely culprit.
- gbrown_ 10y agoTitle is misleading, it's not confirmed that Switch runs a FreeBSD base OS yet.
- y_u_no_rust 10y agowould make sense though good licensing and decent support for nvidias chips
- nicolaslem 10y agoWhich brings an interesting question, what are the techniques to get to know what OS a system uses? I know nmap can send specially crafted packets to get a fingerprint of the networking stack. Is there something else?
- clort 10y agoYou can dump the disks, ROM, or firmware updates and look for known strings.
- deelowe 10y agoCorrection: * Nintendo Switch is running software from the FreeBSD Kernel
- yifanlu 10y agoNo. The Vita also has FreeBSD listed in its OSS page because it used a lot of the network stack. That listing doesn't mean anything.
- brador 10y agoIsn't it a reskin of Android?
- johnsmith21006 10y agoMore likely reskin Android than BSD. Minimum Linux kernel.
- jamesgeck0 10y agoThat's been speculated, but there's no evidence for it. It uses a very similar chipset to Nvidia's Android-based Shield, which is where the rumor comes from.
- monocasa 10y agoHuh, looks like they're still using the netfront browser (and it's webkit internals). https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/oss/ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/oss/ Yay for exploits!
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoAh, just like the 3DS. Developing for ancient WebKit is always fun.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoReading the comments I'm now thinking it would be awesome to have a Switch and access my few Steam games (they run on a low powered comp) on there.
- johnsmith21006 10y agoI do not think based on FreeBSD. Most likely Linux kernel and decent chance Android.
- Jasper_ 10y agoDid they confuse "Free BSD Kernel" and zlib? Jean-loup Gally and Mark Adler are the zlib authors, and don't really have anything to do with FreeBSD.