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Date:      Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:09:54 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@feldman.dyn.ml.org>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux emu borkage 
Message-ID:  <199804190009.RAA06006@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Apr 1998 16:35:36 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418163301.9303A-100000@localhost> 

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> Quite literally, the linux emulation since about a month or two ago is
> very certainly broken. It includes, but is not limited to:
> 	Linux emulation failing with a SIGEMU

There is no such signal.  You may mean SIGEMT.

> 	coredumps attempting to load a linux binary after the system has
> been up for a while (read: 3+ days)

I regularly leave my workstation up for many days; I also run a number 
of (heavy) Linux binaries on it regularly.  You might want to check the 
kernel memory usage (vmstat -m) to see if you're experiencing a leak.

> 	complete failure to recognize certain Linux binaries at all, no
> matter if brandelf -t linux'd
> If you need specific examples, I'll post a uuencoded binary to try it
> with.

There's nothing we can do if you don't at least give us a pointer.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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