From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 16 19:20:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821069A3C08 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 322841C96 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-207-98-175-216.knology.net [207.98.175.216] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t6GJKUHu013362 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:20:31 -0500 Message-ID: <55A803FE.60004@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:26:45 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit linux emulation References: <55A7D51D.1020605@hiwaay.net> <55A7E2B8.6090405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55A7E2B8.6090405@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:20:33 -0000 On 07/16/15 12:04, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 07/16/2015 09:59 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> >> How is progress on this ? Handbook still says linux 64-bit binaries >> not supported, hopefully out of date :-) .... >> >> > Hi Bill, > if this turns out to be anything like Wine, > (not meaning to diss wine - but it does have severe limitations), > then it might not be so worth the effort. > > Since we are on the subject of emulation, why not just use Virtual Box > in which to run Linux 64 bit? I tried v-box early last fall & had fairly severe issues (crashed the whole machine) trying to run a 32-bit WinXP VM, so I kinda gave up on it. There have been *many* updates since then, maybe I should go back. If I understand things correctly, emulation *should* be a bit simpler to implement, & *seems* to be up & going under NetBSD, although I have yet to verify that 1st hand. I do have a QEMU 32-bit WinXP VM setup & mostly running, using qemu-devel, so I could try that as well. I may revisit v-box or QEMU, & I will verify what is going on under NetBSD, since I have a newly commissioned 64-bit NetBSD 6.1.5 server up & running. No huge issue, I was just curious about any possible progress on that capability. Thanks :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.