Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:20:14 +1000 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF32 (i386) binaries on amd64 -- any forecast? Message-ID: <20040724012014.GB14088@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20040723185151.conrads@cox.net> References: <XFMail.20040723185151.conrads@cox.net>
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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. :-) Tim
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