From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 17:32:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF93B16A41C; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:32:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7772543D1D; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:32:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from r3140ca ([10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j5RHWB3Q013088; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:32:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Nathan Vidican" To: Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:32:04 -0400 Message-ID: <002201c57b3e$23548e60$6800000a@r3140ca> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Linux emulation on amd64, possible yet? ... plausible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:32:16 -0000 MSG In-short: what is, or where do I find info on, the current status of linux binary compatability on FreeBSD/amd64 platform MSG In-Long(er) Detailed format: ... Hey all - been searching the FAQ, and the release notes trying to find some diffinitive answer as to where linux binary compatability stands at in regards to the FreeBSD/amd64 platform... can't seem to find one, the only thing the release notes state (and 5.3R we're talking here), is that there is limited linux_32 compatability available. I'm (still) running FreeBSD/amd64 5.3R on a couple of dual-opteron boxen. What I'm eventually hoping to accomplish, is to get Sun JDK, Oracle Database (preferably 10g... but who knows), and possibly Sun One Studio to work. I can download all the above mentioned installs, and can even get partway through running some of them... The binaries always seem to fail with error 'ELF binary type "0" not known.' - which is to be expected seeing as how I've not enabled any sort of binary emulation. If going to 5.4R is the only option - I'm open to trying it, but prefer to do so on my laptop - and last known there were still issues with the keyboard probe/chipset of the Compaq 300-series amd64 platform, if anyone knows the status of that fix it'd be great to know too (of course assuming I've got the option of better linux emulation with 5.4R). Ideally, I'd like to be able to run the linux/amd64 binaries... But I really don't know where FreeBSD stands at current for doing this, or if it will even be possible, or if linux/32 is still in development stages... Can anyone provide me with a more authoratative response, either in form of status or in form of url/mailing list towards who is working on this stuff? Much appreciated all, and sorry if posting this to the general list was not the proper place - was unsure of where to ask. Thanks to all who reply. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/