From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 13:23:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C82F1065686 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru) Received: from contrabass.post.ru (contrabass.post.ru [85.21.78.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 327BF8FC2C for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru) Received: from corbina.ru (mail.post.ru [195.14.50.16]) by contrabass.post.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 109BD164E1D; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:15 +0400 (MSD) X-Virus-Scanned: by cgpav Uf39PSi9pFi9oFi9 Received: from [10.208.17.3] (HELO dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru) by corbina.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.14) with ESMTPS id 932201136; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:14 +0400 Received: from dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru (localhost.chd.net [127.0.0.1]) by dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7ADNO3q016238; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:24 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from root@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru) Received: (from root@localhost) by dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7ADNJIC016237; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:19 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from root) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:23:19 +0400 From: Chagin Dmitry To: Adrian Penisoara Message-ID: <20080810132319.GA16145@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru> References: <20080810072013.GA15196@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru> <20080810115406.GR97161@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20080810120424.GA15768@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru> <20080810122124.GS97161@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20080810124236.GA15947@dchagin.dialup.corbina.ru> <78cb3d3f0808100557p2c958c4fq80c4d39507e58bea@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <78cb3d3f0808100557p2c958c4fq80c4d39507e58bea@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x86_64 linuxulator patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:23:16 -0000 On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 02:57:08PM +0200, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > Hi, > > >> If emulating both ia32 and x86_64 simultaneously is technically feasible > >> (and I believe it is), then both should be available. i386->amd64 is > >> not the replacement step, this is an backward-compatible upgrade. > > > > I think that it not difficulty. two modules and two /compat/linux[SFX] > > but it is necesary to think well, > > and the opinion of ports maintainers is interesting. > > > > I'm working towards releasing a port for running Oracle XE w/ Linux > (x86) binaries on FreeBSD. Oracle XE has been working fine for me on > FreeBSD for quite a long time now and I'm pretty sure that the > Enterprise version does too. For the Enterprise releases there are > also (Linux) x86-64 binaries and for an Oracle DB I believe it would > make a difference. Enterprise version (buffer cache part) depends on shm_(open|unlink) behaviour, which differ in glibc-2.7 and fbsd. I now investigate sysvshm and it... > > Also it's not unusual for a system to run multiple version (even > 32bit/64bit) Oracle instances. So this would be a benefit. > ok thnx! -- Have fun! chd