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Index: share/man/man4/linux.4
===================================================================
--- share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-module provides limited Linux ABI (application binary interface) compatibility,
-making it possible to run many unmodified Linux applications
+kernel module provides limited Linux ABI (application binary interface)
+compatibility, making it possible to run many unmodified Linux applications
without the need for virtualization or emulation.
Some of the facilities provided are:
.Bl -bullet
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@
.Pp
To install Linux shared libraries and system files into
.Pa /compat/linux ,
-use the
+either use the
.Pa emulators/linux_base-c7
-port or the
-.Dv linux_base-c7
-package.
+port or package,
+or
+.Xr debootstrap 8
+installed from
+.Pa sysutils/debootstrap .
.Pp
To avoid mounting Linux-specific filesystems at startup, add the following
line to the
@@ -138,12 +140,11 @@
that issued the
.Xr execve 2
call, regardless of the image file mode.
-Defaults to 1.
-.Pp
This might be reasonable or even required, because
.Fx
does not emulate Linux environment completely, and missed features
could become holes.
+Defaults to 1.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/dev/shm -compact
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
.Xr linsysfs 5 ,
.Xr tmpfs 5
.Sh HISTORY
-Linux ABI support first appeared in
+Linux ABI support first appeared for i386 in
.Fx 2.1 .
Support for amd64 binaries first appeared in
.Fx 10.3 .
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