From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 18 17:34:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F0F1065781 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:34:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ECFE8FC12 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:34:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LjzeO-0006Kl-M3; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:56 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n2IHXtLm031708; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:56 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 942B0FCA699; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:50 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: rasz Message-ID: <20090318173350.GA21943@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: rasz , FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org References: <49C12C13.6090205@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49C12C13.6090205@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:56 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Compatability X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:34:12 -0000 On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 06:14:59PM +0100, rasz wrote: > > hi > i have 2 distinct questions, and first is, i installed a linux app > (binaries) and it failed > when run complaining that it needs a "CPU with SSE instuctions enabled". > does anyone know what this is and related too? SSE is an Intel extension to the original x86 instruction set. You can tell whether your CPU has got it by looking at dmesg(8). E.g mine has it (and most modern processors do): CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2333.34-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6fb Stepping = 11 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0xe3fd AMD Features=0x20100800 AMD Features2=0x1 > i am running 7.2-prerelease i386 with linux_base-fc4. the only setting i > have is fallback_elf_brand=3 (no osrelease) > has anyone ever come across this? Did you install your Linux app via ports? If not, then your mileage with regards getting it going may vary. > > 2nd question, is the freebsd base (usr/src) documented anywhere, as to > the programs it entirely contains? i thought developers handbook, but > all i found is description of the directories in usr/src/ (unless i > missed it elsewhere). besides that, is there any kind of database app in > the base system no matter how compact/basic? if not, what would be the > *closest* in ports? You can grovel through /bin & /usr/bin to see what programs base installed. I guess you're looking for an SQL database so you could give databases/sqlite34 in ports a look but it's a bit difficult to recommend anything without knowing your needs. > > thanks in advance for any info Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html