Linux on Mol - invalid device

[Sven Luther]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 11:00:39AM +0100, Samuel Rydh wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:10:41AM +0100, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Gaspar H.Heller writes:
> > 
> > > How can you run Linux, MOL, and another version of Linux within MOL?
> > > MOL = Mac on Linux... its not LOL (Linux on Linux).... Can someone
> > > explain this to me?
> > 
> > The Mac in Mac-on-Linux stands for the virtual machine that
> > Mac-on-Linux emulates. 
> 
> clever. I have been thinking about changing the name from Mac-on-Linux
> to just MOL, but it might not be necessary :-).
> 
> > On that machine, you can in principle run
> > whatever operating system you like, as long as you get it to work with
> > the emulated hardware.  Right now, Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Linux are
> > supported out of the box.
> 
> But it is true that the Linux target needs a special kernel (or kernel modules
> for MOL; it is simpler just put all the stuff into the kernel).

Samuel,

What do these special kernels mods consist of ? And do you think it
would be meaningful to add them to the default debian powerpc kernel for
example, or may this bring adverse performance or compatibility issues,
and it would be better to build a special kernel especially for MOL ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther