Re: Not quite perfect Unix compatibility (bug report)

Re: Not quite perfect Unix compatibility (bug report)

[vischne]

>   vischne@ibm.net
>   Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:24:20 GMT
>This bug report originated in a hack:
>
>I moved linux-2.1.xxx.tar.gz to my Windows partition, ran `tar xzvf' on
>it, and attempted to configure the Linux kernel under cygwin.
>
>BTW, I know cygnus isn't in the Linux business, but it might just be
>possible to compile a working zImage under cygwin, with few or no
>changes in the cygwin system.  After all, the kernel doesn't use
>cygwin.dll to run.
>
In fact, it might also be possible to compile a working linux.dll and
link programs to that under Windows 95/NT.

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RE: Not quite perfect Unix compatibility (bug report)

[Sergey Okhapkin]

vischne@ibm.net wrote:
> In fact, it might also be possible to compile a working linux.dll and
> link programs to that under Windows 95/NT.

Original linux kernel must run on IPL 0 and have direct access to all 
hardware resources. The more interesting task is to grab mk-linux sources 
from www.apple.com (it runs on top Mach microkernel) and modify it to run 
on top win32 api :-)

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Not quite perfect Unix compatibility (bug report)

[vischne]

This bug report originated in a hack:

I moved linux-2.1.xxx.tar.gz to my Windows partition, ran `tar xzvf' on
it, and attempted to configure the Linux kernel under cygwin.

Typing
	bash$ make menuconfig
only works at the bash$ prompt, and then only if you have ncurses, which
I don't.  It gives some kind of a binary file error message if you do
	DOS> make -f Makefile menuconfig

Typing
	bash$ make config
starts up the configuration process, but here is the bug.  The first
question in the configure script has a `[Y/N/?]' prompt, and typing
`N', `Y', or `?' all gives the same response, which isn't supposed
to happen, and which doesn't let you complete the shell script.

BTW, I know cygnus isn't in the Linux business, but it might just be
possible to compile a working zImage under cygwin, with few or no
changes in the cygwin system.  After all, the kernel doesn't use
cygwin.dll to run.

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