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dottedmag
Is it or is it just a <tree.h> header from FreeBSD copied to the source code?
freeone3000
sys/socket.h is the most likely culprit.
gbrown_
Title is misleading, it's not confirmed that Switch runs a FreeBSD base OS yet.
[dead] y_u_no_rust
would make sense though good licensing and decent support for nvidias chips
nicolaslem
Which brings an interesting question, what are the techniques to get to know what OS a system uses? I know nmap can send specially crafted packets to get a fingerprint of the networking stack. Is there something else?
clort
You can dump the disks, ROM, or firmware updates and look for known strings.
deelowe
Correction:

* Nintendo Switch is running software from the FreeBSD Kernel

yifanlu
No. The Vita also has FreeBSD listed in its OSS page because it used a lot of the network stack. That listing doesn't mean anything.
brador
Isn't it a reskin of Android?
johnsmith21006
More likely reskin Android than BSD. Minimum Linux kernel.
jamesgeck0
That's been speculated, but there's no evidence for it. It uses a very similar chipset to Nvidia's Android-based Shield, which is where the rumor comes from.
pbhjpbhj
Reading the comments I'm now thinking it would be awesome to have a Switch and access my few Steam games (they run on a low powered comp) on there.
smellf
Do what? Are you saying the Switch has a Steam client?
pbhjpbhj
Nah, someone was just speculating about hacking/cracking it and installing the linux steam client. Sorry to get your hopes up.
cma
Does Steam for linux work on ARM?
saintdev
Honest question, how did they expect this to work? There is no Steam client for ARM and even if there was, there are no ARM games on Steam anyway.
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johnsmith21006
I do not think based on FreeBSD. Most likely Linux kernel and decent chance Android.
Jasper_
Did they confuse "Free BSD Kernel" and zlib? Jean-loup Gally and Mark Adler are the zlib authors, and don't really have anything to do with FreeBSD.