From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 14 14:21:29 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 6E146A82A7A for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22f.google.com (mail-io0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22f]) (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 495A71445 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id 77so422747673ioc.2 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 06:21:29 -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=Zy6b/8ut4oHlrBdLAttrO6RHF3Mr8BOIu8f6NF+GILQ=; b=CYcgYEcu1CMaB/Utjd2Rt8R0jIVHBU2qdcmgqtNkGQNk/klFv+kfeRHk5x0ZiKZAfj R4+UFAsqep3BnCL9ypm7Xaz/6vQEF1TnP7Ffx+uJ+EPlCRXdxmDObr6E+3fE6kftUPGc r7q2pV29cFLip7GQYQVAu5ynqLdHZ5BuwpWEr4WAa3e2AtTbxc4FEHi/0DrUtOF6Qxzu zG6yWvyzIODMlohCPjaNLU+chi74fEg4TkqViytRkqNx4WbgZ3FJ24vi1bhJiWDIFU5y vIJlyzJKiHCgKXEU/KWc2HES9Vke7643Sq2tzkrHJBtYHUeRj711PLPyXU4E7C0e/vQe Mx2w== 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=Zy6b/8ut4oHlrBdLAttrO6RHF3Mr8BOIu8f6NF+GILQ=; b=LplAzBnrZiYtHfJ82n7ac0F9psAiAJ8MgutnW1rTePQ1v4+GOXGsoof24RR43Ll6Wu 1XKameqek22+4bLfzvtz1Ki3exVtiERgb7cmmiD265Vju9MVvQbf2Ex+Aq5+5njSBVEa X6itXcVa+QIB3uS8PmYuld4Z5KdBQB/YQpZy2dXK/s8Mxg8qWgjAJtxV7SrYR+dQ4HUx B0EHu6jVM9v/kSgg+fFT+SDMK6QNvdasm7Gb+txv/A4EaNOXvWlKYTq7iQPeKhaY6LQ8 F73H5wZh/0tGeNE+A4rn5MRZoBNsI16WngtCoKY6sgJwse99+++bGSJtYsbEfTFa1Qpk G33A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkoEkz6npynzvvcRfml316EwKUO8H7DuMQuOiCCWcxH04SVpw0shH9XcgeJqPRy9cNRJVV4mhZJhHCg0x3xxwwXYdAi/w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.63.214 with SMTP id m205mr5810693ioa.116.1452781287899; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 06:21:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.152.142 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Jan 2016 06:21:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86si20mza9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net> <86si20mza9.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:21:27 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 64 bit linux binary support From: Alejandro Imass To: Malcolm Matalka Cc: "William A. Mahaffey III" , "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 14:21:29 -0000 On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > Alejandro Imass writes: > >> 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. > > Could you clarify your response? Are you saying to use Linux instead of > FreeBSD to host docker images or to run a VM or something else? > My response is pretty clear: Docker is pretty much like FreeBSD Jails so why not use FBSD Jails (e.g. with EzJail) in the first place instead of going through the trouble of getting a Linux-like jail system to run on FreeBSD. And if you want/need Docker so bad then it would probably be better to run on Linux to begin with. Best, Alejandro Imass