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Re: [OT] NetBSD vs. Linux(-based systems)

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Subject Re: [OT] NetBSD vs. Linux(-based systems)
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>>>>> On 2025-09-05, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>>> In article <KKx97WvtTkldzxgb@violet.siamics.net>, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-08-30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

 > FYI, you are arguing with a known troll.  It is unlikely to turn
 > into a productive exercise, so caveat emptor.

	I'm inclined to define productive public discussion as one
	that's informative and interesting to read.  Given that I've
	actually ended up learning a couple of things along the way,
	I'd say it /was/ productive, in a way.

	With no "views" and "likes" counts here on Usenet, I have no way
	of measuring how interesting the subthread was to others (being
	ill-suited for the group as it is), so I kinda hope for the best.

 >> When hardware-assisted virtualization /is/ available, the things
 >> certainly get easier: pretty much anything that can run under,
 >> say, Qemu, can be run under Xen HVM.  The performance may suffer,
 >> though, should your domU system happen to lack virtio drivers and
 >> should thus need to resort to using emulated peripherals instead.

 > Yes.  With Xen, you've got the Xen VMM running on the bare metal and
 > then any OS capable of supporting Xen's Dom0 requirements running as
 > Dom0, and essentially any OS running as a DomU guest.

 > So to summarize, you've got a hypervisor that descended from an
 > old version of Linux, but was heavily modified, running a gaggle
 > of other systems, none of which necessarily needs to be Linux.

	Glad to know I wasn't too off the mark in this case.

 >>> Linux doesn't count these as separate platforms.  They're just
 >>> considered a standard part of regular platform support.

 >> Which means one needs to be careful when comparing architecture
 >> support between different kernels.

 > I gathered your point was that neither Dom0 nor DomU _had_ to be
 > Linux, and that's true.

	More to the point here is that my opponent took offense at
	http://netbsd.org/ports/ listing "Xen" as one of the supported
	"platforms" - apparently for the sole reason that Linux does
	it differently.

 > Note that the troll likes to subtlely change the point that he's
 > arguing.

	Well, in a properly set up public debate, there's ought to be
	a prior agreement on who's arguing what.  This is Usenet, however,
	so we all figure out what points we do and do not want to argue
	along the way.  I doubt I can rightfully blame a person for not
	sharing my preferences about on what to argue about - especially
	as I don't pay them for having an argument with me.

 >> That said, I've last tinkered with Linux around the days of 2.0.36
 >> (IIRC), and I don't recall reading any Linux sources newer than
 >> version 4.  If you have experience patching newer Linux kernels, and
 >> in particular if you find the code easy to follow, - please share.

 > He doesn't.

	That's what I suspect as well.  I'd still be delighted to be
	proven wrong.

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