Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:38:29 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Sean <rsh.lists@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ia32 ports... Message-ID: <20050301023829.GA28427@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4223CA11.6040008@comcast.net> References: <16931.17425.441677.617748@canoe.dclg.ca> <20050228195102.GB59327@dragon.nuxi.com> <4223CA11.6040008@comcast.net>
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:49:05PM -0500, Sean wrote: > > I thought I have seen posts stating that people are using 32 version of > programs on 64 bit amd? It's a very simple concept. If you have 64-bit FreeBSD dynamic linked binaries, you need the 64-bit FreeBSD shared libraries to run them. If you have 32-bit FreeBSD dynamic linked binaries, then you need the 32-bit FreeBSD shared libraries to run them. If you have the 32-bit linux dynamic binaries, then you need to have the 32-bit linux shared libraries. I have 314 libraries and symlinks in /usr/lib32. > So I guess some people have done this with the two copies you mentioned? David was talking about *building* the 32-bit software on a 64-bit machine. This isn't supported. What you can do is take a 32-bit binary, built on a 32-bit machine, and run it on your 64-bit amd64 system. "make buildworld" is setup to build the needed 32-bit libraries and loader on a 64-bit system/ > Then why if these 32 bit programs can't easily be built, if at all, do > we add such things as with_lib32=yes to make.conf and options like > LINPROCFS, COMPAT_LINUX32 ,COMPAT_IA32 , COMPAT_FREEBSD4 ,COMPAT_43 to > the kernel config? > I thought with these added in 32 bit program support was available? Yes. -- Steve
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