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Fix the list of things that do not work and expand a bit on the bugs section.

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.\" $NetBSD: compat_svr4.8,v 1.1 1996/07/06 17:14:50 christos Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: compat_svr4.8,v 1.2 1996/09/01 16:32:09 christos Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christos Zoulas .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christos Zoulas
.\" All rights reserved. .\" All rights reserved.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION .Sh DESCRIPTION
NetBSD supports running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries. This code has been tested on NetBSD supports running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries. This code has been tested on
i386 and sparc systems. Most programs should work, but not ones that use i386 and sparc systems. Most programs should work, but not ones that use
the /proc filesystem, sound, or threads (unfortunately ttsession uses threads). or depend on:
.\" XXX: What else? .sp
.Bl -tag -width 123 -compact -offset indent
.It kernel internal data structures
.br
.It the /proc filesystem
.br
.It the pty subsystem
.br
.It the ticotsord loopback rpc mechanism (nis uses this)
.br
.It sound and video interfaces
.br
.It threads (ttsession uses threads)
.br
.It the streams administrative driver
.El
.sp
The SVR4 compatibility feature is active The SVR4 compatibility feature is active
for kernels compiled with the for kernels compiled with the
.Nm COMPAT_SVR4 .Nm COMPAT_SVR4
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An alternative method is to mount a whole svr4 partition in /emul/svr4 An alternative method is to mount a whole svr4 partition in /emul/svr4
and then override with other mounts /emul/svr4/etc and /emul/svr4/dev. and then override with other mounts /emul/svr4/etc and /emul/svr4/dev.
.Sh BUGS .Sh BUGS
Many system calls are still not emulated. Many system calls are still not emulated. The streams emulation is
incomplete (socketpair does not work yet.)