From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 02:14:25 2004 Return-Path: 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 4CDAC16A4CE; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 02:14:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao09.cox.net (lakermmtao09.cox.net [68.230.240.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C8C43D2F; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 02:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.71.51]) by lakermmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02.01 201-2131-111-104-103-20040709) with ESMTP <20040724021420.OGJV21435.lakermmtao09.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:14:20 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6O2ELRO052824; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:14:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@dolphin.local.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6O2ELNY052823; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:14:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20040724012014.GB14088@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:14:21 -0500 (CDT) Organization: A Rag-Tag Band of Drug-Crazed Hippies From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Tim Robbins cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF32 (i386) binaries on amd64 -- any forecast? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 02:14:25 -0000 On 24-Jul-2004 Tim Robbins wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 06:51:51PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> While attempting to run binaries compiled on my old 32-bit Athlon >> box for i386 FreeBSD, I ran head-on, of course, into the problem of >> having no loader for ELF32 on amd64. Is there currently any work >> in progress on this? Will we eventually see full "COMPAT32" support >> come to pass? >> >> What is the intended functionality of the "COMPAT_IA32" option, and >> how does one use it, exactly? Is it actually functional at present? >> >> This would be such an enormously useful capability to have, I'm sure >> I'm not the only one with more than a passing interest. > > You need to run /usr/src/tools/lib32/build32.sh with cwd set to > /usr/src to build the 32-bit loader & basic libraries. > > It works. :-) Cool! Thanks! -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"