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Subject: Re: 32-bit binaries (e.g. wine) and 64-bit kernel structures
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"Li-Lun \"Leland\" Wang" <llwang@infor.org> wrote:

> ... the kernel or LD should know a 32-bit binary is being run
> and return proper structures, as is done in Mac OS.
>
> ... Do we have plans to fix this kind of problems in general?
> Although wine port on FreeBSD is only supported for ARCH=i386,
> could there be workarounds?

Does it work if you run the 32-bit app in a 32-bit jail?
If so, it might be a workaround (or, arguably, a solution).