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Re: hurd does NOT need /hurd



Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:

> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Wolfgang Jährling wrote:
> 
> > Translators are no kernel modules. They are normal binaries, but with
> > special functionality.
> 
> What is a binary, really?  It's just some file that is based to exec(), and
> the kernel being run knows how to 'run' it.

Quite right.  A Hurd passive translator will not run properly if you
simply exec() it. 

Thomas


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