Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:00:21 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit linux emulation Message-ID: <55A80BDE.6010604@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507161338450.88007@wonkity.com> References: <55A7D51D.1020605@hiwaay.net> <55A7F1DA.7040106@gmail.com> <55A8054B.7060700@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507161338450.88007@wonkity.com>
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On 07/16/15 14:46, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> On 07/16/15 13:09, Lacey Powers wrote: >>> On 07/16/2015 08:59 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> How is progress on this ? Handbook still says linux 64-bit binaries >>>> not supported, hopefully out of date :-) .... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Hello William, >>> >>> Looks like it's coming along, according to this Quarterly Report: >>> >>> https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.html#Linux-Emulation-Layer,-the-Linuxulator >>> >>> And there are commits referencing the "64-bit Linuxulator" in svn, >>> so you might have some support in 11-CURRENT? >>> >>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/search/query/N4Nlb6bNTrwA/#R >>> >>> Hope that helps answer your question. =) >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Lacey >> >> >> Hmmmmm .... well, sorta, I presume they would be back-ported to 9.3R, >> since that's what I'm running .... > > VirtualBox works well on 10-STABLE, provided you accept the default > virtual hardware. On 10.1, too, I think. Do you have something that > needs an old version of FreeBSD? That's what I installed when I built the box, website said supported through end of 2016, which I liked. I found some online references back then which were not overly flattering about clang vs. gcc, much (50+ %) slower compiled code, other issues, so I went with 9.3R. I was & am looking for stability & as much performance as I can get out of my puny-ish (AMD sempron 3850) CPU & gfx. Different versions of VBox on 10 vs. 9.3R ? -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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