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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:38:24 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com>
Cc:        Mike <mike@adept.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux emulation crashes  (was: Re: Softupdates disappears?)
Message-ID:  <3953AEA0.90264947@cup.hp.com>
References:  <20000622042626.C02ADE6FF8@netcom1.netcom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006221500550.82230-100000@snafu.adept.org> <20000623034310.C16895@mppsystems.com> <20000623065847.A355@mppsystems.com>

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Mike Pritchard wrote:

> One odd thing, due to some outdated files in /etc/defaults (I think), I wasn't
> even building the linux module and installing it.  The kldload was failing,
> but attempting to run the bad ldconfig still caused the machine to crash.
> FreeBSD syscall # 55 = reboot, Linux syscall # 55 = fcntl.  I wonder
> if something in exec needs fixing to not run linux binaries if the
> emulator isn't present.  The up-to-date linux ldconfig core dumps
> when the linux emulator isn't present.

The problem most likely is that the binary isn't recognized as being a
Linux binary. It therefore uses the FreeBSD native syscalls. See also
David's HEADS UP about changes in how we brand objects.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
  mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
  tel:  (408) 447-4222


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