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		brynet 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool all... What's interesting is that the syscall-compatibility layers in the BSDs began with SunOS binary compat on NetBSD m68k/32-bit sparc-- which was created by Theo de Raadt. https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=161435521906992&w=2 https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/6ce3f21 https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/1a68594 He also came to the same conclusion compat layers were a dead end (OpenBSD removed all compat_*(8) support, including Linux).

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