Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:20:13 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Cc: Luke Beaulieu <lukeb@canal.iaw.on.ca> Subject: Re: 32-bit compatibility Message-ID: <200405271120.13094.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <255A839665EA24408EB27A6AAE15518E27AB8B@europa.ad.hartbrothers.com> References: <255A839665EA24408EB27A6AAE15518E27AB8B@europa.ad.hartbrothers.com>
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On Wednesday 26 May 2004 07:35 pm, freebsd-amd64@davehart.net wrote: > > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 11:03:35AM -0400, Luke Beaulieu wrote: > > > I'm currently building a web server that will be setup with > > > FreeBSD/amd64. It must run Apache with mod_ssl and the Frontpage > > > extensions module from RTR (http://www.rtr.com). > > > > > > Can FreeBSD run a 32-bit module (mod_frontpage) and a > > > 64-bit web server reliably? This server will be in a production > > > environment so I'd like to be sure. Thanks for any help. > > Brooks Davis said: > > That's not possible. The ABI of the module (a dynamic > > library) and the web server are not the same so the module > > can't be loaded (linked). > > It should be possible, if you're willing to maintain an i386 binary > environment for apache and its modules? I do not know if that would be > easier to do on the same amd64 machine, or on a separate i386 freebsd box, > but it seems within the realm of possibility given amd64 freebsd's ability > to run i386 freebsd binaries. The poster explicitly asked about running a 64-bit apache and a 32-bit mod_frontpage. That combination is pretty much not possible. You could possibly try a hack by creating a 64-bit mod_frontpage_wrapper that used IPC to talk to another 32-bit process running mod_frontpage in some kind of 32-bit apache env that you'd have to build, but that'd be a lot of work and a major PITA. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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