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Date:      Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:22:59 +0300
From:      Artyom Mirgorodskiy <artyom.mirgorodsky@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A few linux-f20 ports and Skype 4.3
Message-ID:  <7823503.bJyWCWreeT@notebook.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140807194357.GA14138@halon.org.uk>
References:  <20140807194357.GA14138@halon.org.uk>

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How I should prepare pulse audio? Previous version of Skype (including 4.2.0.11) hold if linux pulse audio libs is present in system

On Thursday 07 August 2014 20:43:57 Vassilis Laganakos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I hope this is the right place to email about the Linux emulation
> layer.
> 
> It was identified in the recent Cambrige Dev Summit the need to keep f10
> base working as well as add Centos6, Centos7 and Fedora 20. xmj is working
> on f10 and AllanJude on Centos6 and Centos7, last time we discussed about it.
> 
> So I put together a few linux-f20 ports at: https://github.com/vassilisl/freebsd-linux_base-f20
> that seem to be enough to have run the Skype 4.3 port that I've placed at:
> https://github.com/vassilisl/freebsd-ports/tree/master/net-im/skype4
> 
> The test environment is the lemul branch (put together by dchagin) on an
> AMD64 box, where currently linux and linux32 have beed decoupled from
> linprocfs, linsysfs and linux_common. Both linux32 and linux kernel modules
> were loaded at the same time, when skype4 launched and signed in with a test
> account.
> 
> The linux-f20- ports are not polished, I need at least to fill in their
> interdependencies and conflicts with existing ports; they have however been
> checked with portlint. Currently only the i686 part is present.
> I plan to extend them with their respective x86_64 parts, which in the past
> have been used to get the ARM Foundation Model work on top of the 64bit
> linux emulation layer.
> 
> Hope somebody finds this useful! Once the ports are in a better state and
> closer to submit quality I'll send them over with send-pr.
> 
> Please let me know what you think :)
> 
> Regards,
> Vassilis
> 
> 
-- 
Artyom Mirgorodskiy



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