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I think FreeBSD’s capability to run Linux binaries predates even lx branded zones in Solaris 10.

• X86BSD 9y ago
  It does, I was a bit confused at first as well. It should be noted when project fifo says "lx jails" it does not mean LX branded zones from SmartOS. It means FreeBSD's native Linuxulator. Which has been in FreeBSD for.. many many years. It's a similar take on LX zones, but FreeBSD native. It does the same thing. Runs native Linux binaries.
  • ranty 9y ago
    Asking because last time I looked the FBSD stuff wasn't "really there". This would seem to still be the situation: "a true (albeit limited) ABI implementation is provided." https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?linux https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?linux
    • Annatar 9y ago
      As soon as you see “syscall translation”, those are the magic words and they mean that the support is pretty complete. Sure there might be edge cases but if glibc can make a Linux syscall and get good data back, that’s it.