From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4890AA67.40206@mtu.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:39 -0400 From: "Steven D. Vormwald" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <488B6EE7.3080100@mtu.edu> <1217421120.5036.34.camel@goose.sun.com> <13426df10807300810s4d854612ib7597a9463f7f02f@mail.gmail.com> <48908707.1070005@mtu.edu> <13426df10807300841y1e4bed36l7a009c8873f39c1b@mail.gmail.com> <48909277.2010602@mtu.edu> <13426df10807301042s2e40d18bx8ace6ac25829e610@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13426df10807301042s2e40d18bx8ace6ac25829e610@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene Topicbox-Message-UUID: f6cd10ae-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ron minnich wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Steven D. Vormwald 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 > Thanks for all your responses. That clears things up quite a bit. Steven Vormwald