[uml-devel] Re: Makefile clean up gcc -> $(CC)

[Jeff D. <jd...@ka...>]

da...@th... said:
> > The one thing to look for is the ability to intercept and 
> > modify a process system calls.
> I knew about that. In fact that is the least of my worries as it turns
> out.

Actually, it's the most of your worries.  If you can't do that, then UML just 
won't work.

> Well, other gotchas include the fact that memory access exceptions are
> delivered via mach ports, signals are delivered on the main/first
> thread of a process only, and the kernel's reliance of being compile
> into an ELF  executable (Mac OS X is Mach-O.)

All these things can probably be worked around.  But if you can't intercept 
system calls, there's no point in even thinking about them.

				Jeff