Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:37:47 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit Linux Binary Compatibility (for Matlab) Message-ID: <489B08BB.5090609@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750808070647yf0a9205u514c6ba87fbf97a5@mail.gmail.com> References: <26ddd1750808070647yf0a9205u514c6ba87fbf97a5@mail.gmail.com>
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Maxim Khitrov wrote: > Hello all, > > Simple question - am I able to run 64-bit linux binaries using the ABI > emulation under FreeBSD 7.0 amd64? In the NOTES for amd64 kernel > configuration the COMPAT_LINUX option is commented out, but I don't > understand the explanation at the top of the section: Not yet, there is a summer of code project working on this but I don't think it is complete. You can, of course, run 32-bit linux binaries on amd64. > If anyone else here is running Matlab on FreeBSD, I'd welcome any > pointers you can give me for setting it up. Right now, I'm following > the steps listed in the handbook. As a side note - is it, in fact, the > case that Matlab x86_64 will run slower than the 32-bit version > (http://osdir.com/ml/netbsd.ports.x86-64/2006-07/msg00061.html)? Depends what you use it for, presumably. Kris
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