Re: building Linux

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:03:39 +0200
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 07:58:25PM +0000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
> >Chuck Robey wrote:
> >
> >>I can't seem top get linux compatibiilty working.
> >>
> >>I tried doing a kldload linux, it told me there wasn't any linux.ko.  
> >>I figured that I need a new kernel, so I just compiled one, but that 
> >>didn't make me a linux.ko.  OK, I went into NOTES and searched for 
> >>LINUX, found several, and some with made me wonder if there was a x86 
> >>dependency (my system is a dual amd64).  What config options do I need 
> >>for Linux compatibility?
> >
> >
> >Check here first:
> >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html
> >
> >If you still have questions, feel free to send another note..  I think 
> >it will answer all your questions.  In short, you need to install the 
> >linux compatibility port.
> 
> I'll take another look at it, but I already did, and it complained about 
> not having Linux in the kernel.  I think you need Linux in the kernel 
> before you consider addign in the Linux binaries.
> 
We don't have Linux/amd64 compatibility yet.  What we have is
Linux/i386 compatibility for amd64 but it's buggy compared to
its i386 version.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru_at_FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

Received on Sun Mar 20 2005 - 19:03:29 UTC

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