building Linux
Chuck Robey
chuckr at chuckr.org
Sun Mar 20 12:17:09 PST 2005
Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 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.)
Yes, but (and please do correct me if I'm wrong!) don't I need that
Linux-compatibiilty to run the i386/Linux jdk? I have that particular
jdk all downloaded and ready to run, but it's not being recognized as a
runnable image on the system yet.
>
> Cheers,
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