Intention of joining GSoC 2025 - Emulating missing linux syscalls

Ty3r0X <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dear tech-kern team,

My name is Patrick Covaci, student at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers at POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest. I am highly interested in low-level operating system development and would love to contribute to NetBSD's kernel stack through Google Summer of Code 2025.

I am particularly interested in the call for help focused on improving Linux binary compatibility under compat_linux. The idea of identifying and implementing missing Linux syscalls in NetBSD aligns with my interests and skills I want to develop, and I would like to work on this as my GSoC project.

To get started, I plan to familiarize myself with the current state of compat_linux with the help of a mentor, identify a suitable test case of a Linux binary that does not yet run on NetBSD, and study the syscall translation mechanisms in place. I would greatly appreciate any guidance on where to start, relevant resources, and possible test cases that the community has identified.

I look forward to your feedback and the opportunity to collaborate with you all!

Best regards,
Patrick Covaci
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