From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 14 00:48:48 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3E6FA82C6C for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-io0-x236.google.com (mail-io0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99D1F1D70 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: by mail-io0-x236.google.com with SMTP id g73so242391324ioe.3 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:48:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yabarana-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xYZR5eOjMAzExC7y5zSqiwpR8hemvAVenIFzOxUAL8o=; b=qeNPDT4C55ASsh4CVJSK3oXCQ3dHy8A1kmCUgnKQs3wsMLO5CsJy5wiPxFMvtj1rM7 MrwWVcqp5W8aAuFhZ9cRIsYGdXkxFSAly+Zja+wfRPWwRgOM34fdEr4mPdFKXF73xWzf 02VGvnJhIAEfCgwV8hLvLjLLyl1snJZ+4oz2C8L/u2jwpzZe6eFKVnxN3KbHoN16qgo3 x+JWtFzFYLiYd68r8CWtuxT6wZwHFZ0TSi1BhKockqryUdJu5jrI+vSjem/mDbfnLDhE 8Gzp+1XNME1hGClivTE/6Rp9XG3J5KGO5zTLTKmSgfPJEs89QIKVzi42QCf46pkBEEVi 2/8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=xYZR5eOjMAzExC7y5zSqiwpR8hemvAVenIFzOxUAL8o=; b=kD0FHot/RNNth4F7WGZ3qzfpY4+F/cs2TQkywjfSnaozOYPFeFko6kSlsup3No5/g2 vKIg2uWl2GPOwNWW/1XMOt0ZOv88dbS6GAMazhu5DMOnNnHbw784R2PgJEzTusA6oZdC Uh/erF4CMaB+ivnGICJLmt2ggJYGx1SyN0ZPZo9Svl11GGjE1jNLBBWsheyCbe56U5AN TKqDT/V9DIJie76y6/dXMm+Xsj/NR4ndTGqK9FYPR4I8BkPA1mxj5Mz1piz3pn2xbY9I V5fyy8tCUbIfF59zL1uEbFhhBmJ6xrodK0r3b7OjAsDqOa20kIt1Q7zdVLxVRcCXcXGZ fMOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQksspa7ZAnDBJdQnRUyO7bUT5FKLEwaWZ01liGQX6Z+kU5rds/Z6k5jV5qHn8c3NbPUiWA1pgG+sabZBEJ6oJwN5WGUuw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.152.142 with SMTP id a136mr1974028ioe.84.1452732527885; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:48:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.152.142 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:48:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net> References: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:48:47 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 64 bit linux binary support From: Alejandro Imass To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:48:48 -0000 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:56 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > > The FreeBSD wiki reports that there is no support for running 64-bit linux > binaries under FreeBSD. The file utility does recognize the binary format, > including listing a runtime loader to use when running them: [...] > > Furthermore, the docker wiki page refers to newly available (as of last > summer) 64-bit linux support. How is progress for supporting execution of > 64-bit linux binaries proceeding ? TIA & have a good one. > > Why not use Linux in the first place? Docker is very similar to jails so why not take advantage of native FreeBSD Jails? It just seems like a big overhead and complication instead of using Linux directly if you really want 64 bit Docker environment. Best, Alejandro Imass