Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:21:27 -0500 From: Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> To: Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> Cc: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>, "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 64 bit linux binary support Message-ID: <CAHieY7SbzFG0zLtj=FD3=_eNsN9Lu3LjmYGP09U1_AXxGf9J2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86si20mza9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net> <CAHieY7ThPcq6NDCuz_M2TuQUJuU1ZMKQrUYBuUnn3Gm5sFnaDg@mail.gmail.com> <86si20mza9.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> wrote: > Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> writes: > >> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:56 AM, William A. Mahaffey III >> <wam@hiwaay.net> 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
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