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Date:      Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:50:59 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>, Geoffrey Ng <geoffrey@spider.net.hk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSDI Bin Execute on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19980220145059.15057@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980219200849.1432B-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 08:09:26PM -0800
References:  <3.0.5.32.19980220113558.008818e0@spider.net.hk> <Pine.BSF.3.95.980219200849.1432B-100000@luke.cpl.net>

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On Thu, 19 February 1998 at 20:09:26 -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
>> Hi Support,
>>
>> I have got a BSDI bin, and I try to run it at FreeBSD.  I got the following
>> message in /var/log/messages:
>>
>> Feb 19 18:50:57 test /kernel: pid 572 (uagentd), uid 0: exited on signal 12
>>
>> I have check it that the signal 12 (SIGSYS ) means "non-existent system
>> call invoked".  I try to trace the FreeBSD home page and found that:
>>
>> "Compatibility modules enable programs for other operating systems to run
>> on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO, NetBSD, and BSDI."
>>
>> Is there any kernel fine tuning tips or hint for running BSDI bin at
>> FreeBSD 2.2.5?  I am consult the file at /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for
>> compatibility options, but it just concern the "system calls compatible
>> with 4.3BSD and older versions of FreeBSD".  Any commets or hints?  Thanks!
>
> No. There is no tuning to do for BSDI compatibilty. What BSDI binary are
> you trying to run?

Sounds like uagentd, whatever that may be.  But the cause of death is
pretty clear: the program contains a system call that we don't have.

Geoffrey, could you tell us what version of BSD/OS this program was
compiled for?

Greg

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