Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:48:47 -0500 From: Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 64 bit linux binary support Message-ID: <CAHieY7ThPcq6NDCuz_M2TuQUJuU1ZMKQrUYBuUnn3Gm5sFnaDg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net> References: <5696740B.5070404@hiwaay.net>
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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. Best, Alejandro Imass
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