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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:56:45 -0400
From: "Maxim Khitrov" <mkhitrov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 64-bit Linux Binary Compatibility (for Matlab)
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Maxim Khitrov wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Simple question - am I able to run 64-bit linux binaries using the ABI
>> emulation under FreeBSD 7.0 amd64? In the NOTES for amd64 kernel
>> configuration the COMPAT_LINUX option is commented out, but I don't
>> understand the explanation at the top of the section:
>
> Not yet, there is a summer of code project working on this but I don't think
> it is complete.  You can, of course, run 32-bit linux binaries on amd64.
>
> Kris
>

Thanks, I'll give it a try under 32-bit and see if the simple change
from Linux to FreeBSD as host OS is enough to fix the problems we were
having.

- Max