Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:59:03 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), handy@umbra.space.lockheed.com, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux emulator working? Message-ID: <199510182359.RAA11591@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199510190019.JAA13601@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199510182217.QAA11314@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199510190019.JAA13601@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > What am I doing wrong? What can I do to fix this? I'm going to try to > > get Linux-IDL running under FreeBSD to see how the performance compares > > to the SPARC version we have. > > Please let me know how you go with IDL - we use it very heavily here on > Sparc and Alpha hardware, but being able to run it on the same platform that > does our data acquisition would be marvellous! Well, to be completely honest I was blown away. I am currently running Linux-IDL on FreeBSD as we speak. However, I can't tell how fast it is compared to our SPARC since the demo version installed by default doesn't do PRINTF. :( Some things to watch. 0) Create a 'uname' program which returns Linux instead of FreeBSD or else you'll have a bear of a time. I created a shell script and stuck it into /bin/uname. 1) The resolver libraries are different, so to get X working I had to specify the inet-address instead of the hostname. 2) I haven't been able to find libc.so.6, so everything complains about the C library. 3) The install complained about failures which I ignored and kept going, but after everything the install program went ballistic and starting sucking 98% CPU and needed to be blown away w/kill -9. All in all, I'm very impressed. IDL is a fairly large app. and it seems to work fine. Kudos!!! Nate
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