building Linux
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
Sun Mar 20 12:12:24 PST 2005
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 08:08:17PM +0000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 07:58:25PM +0000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> >
> >>Eric Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >>>Chuck Robey wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I can't seem top get linux compatibiilty working.
> >>>>
> >>>>I tried doing a kldload linux, it told me there wasn't any linux.ko.
> >>>>I figured that I need a new kernel, so I just compiled one, but that
> >>>>didn't make me a linux.ko. OK, I went into NOTES and searched for
> >>>>LINUX, found several, and some with made me wonder if there was a x86
> >>>>dependency (my system is a dual amd64). What config options do I need
> >>>>for Linux compatibility?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Check here first:
> >>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html
> >>>
> >>>If you still have questions, feel free to send another note.. I think
> >>>it will answer all your questions. In short, you need to install the
> >>>linux compatibility port.
> >>
> >>I'll take another look at it, but I already did, and it complained about
> >>not having Linux in the kernel. I think you need Linux in the kernel
> >>before you consider addign in the Linux binaries.
> >>
> >
> >We don't have Linux/amd64 compatibility yet. What we have is
> >Linux/i386 compatibility for amd64 but it's buggy compared to
> >its i386 version.
> >
>
> You know where this all started? I wanted to run a Java, and I need a
> jdk14 to build either a jdk14 OR a jdk15. The Java list sent me off to
> get a Linux JDK, that got me off to get Linux compatibility. Now you're
> telling me I can't run Linux apps? I think the folks on the Java list
> seem to be disagreeing with you, at the minimum.
>
> It's beginning to become funny.
>
I'm pretty sure you can build a native JDK using Linux/i386 JDK,
on amd64. (See COMPAT_LINUX32 in sys/amd64/conf/NOTES.)
Cheers,
--
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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