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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Steven D. Vormwald <sdvormwa@mtu.edu> wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't these require extensive run-time
> support, in addition to compiler support?  Will the run-time libraries also
> be linux libraries running under a compatibility layer?

binaries on the bg/l machine are static.

The compatibilty is needed in two places: system call layer, and
allowing CNK binaries direct access to network hardware.

ron