Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:59:01 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <20040626140422.GA10281_at_cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
            Tim Robbins <tjr_at_freebsd.org> writes:
: On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 03:35:40PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
: > On Saturday 26 June 2004 12:59, Miguel Mendez wrote:
: > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:36:25 +0300
: > > Alex Keahan <alex_at_hightemplar.com> wrote:
: > >
: > > Hi,
: > >
: > > > Is Solaris/x86 supported by ibcs2 or svr4?   Solaris/x86 is being
: > > > actively developed by Sun and is far from extinct.
: > >
: > > Solaris/x86 is a niche product.
: > > [...]
: > 
: > That's all very subjective arguments. The question is, does the binary compat 
: > _work_ for any recent Solaris/x86 stuff? I rather doubt it, but haven't 
: > checked, Scott seems to suggest it doesn't.
: 
: Last time I checked, it was at least capable of running a "Hello World"
: program compiled on SunOS 5.8. I suspect it would be capable of running
: most programs that use only Standard C library routines, but I doubt
: something like Java would run -- it doesn't even work well under
: Linux emulation.

While I did get /bin/cat to work, /bin/ls didn't for me. :-(

Warner
Received on Sat Jun 26 2004 - 22:04:58 UTC

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