Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:04:56 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux emulation on FreeBSD AMD64 Message-ID: <fg05l9$n32$2@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4721AB07.20708@novakom.com.ua> References: <4721AB07.20708@novakom.com.ua>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Valery V.Chikalov wrote: > Hi, list. > Now being inspired the great performance improvements on multiprocessors > configurations I am trying to switch to FreeBSD 7.0 version, moreover on > AMD64 architecture. Must I expect some regression in support old Linux > application here? Are some theoretical obstacles exists that linux > application which successfully worked on FreeBSD from 5.0 up to 6.2 > can not be running on 7.0 AMD64? AFAIK Linux emulation on AMD64 works only for 32-bit code, so you have practically two emulation layers: linux-freebsd and 32-64. There's all kinds of things that might go wrong. This is a "generic" answer, I don't really know the exact answer to your question. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHI5noldnAQVacBcgRApYwAKD1OcizuNeYJwFHpx/WUTaQroZiJgCfam8D QTIn7JQU8V8+51lkr9NepgY= =51F4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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