Linux binaries [Re: (no subject)]
Linux binaries [Re: (no subject)]
- Subject: Linux binaries [Re: (no subject)]
- From: Graham J Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:12:07 +0000
On 3/3/06 02:53, Matt Patenaude wrote:
I'm no expert on the subject, but I believe existing x86 Linux binaries
should run on Intel-based Macs with no problems.
Under Linux, yes. I think Sarang was asking about under Darwin (or Mac
OS X) though, which is neither currently possible nor AIUI simple to
implement. Solaris, FreeBSD and Linux all use the same binary format
called ELF, so "all" you have to do on e.g. Solaris to get a Linux
binary to run is intercept library calls and make sure the Linux version
of the call is executed. On Darwin with the Mach-O binary format,
there's a lot more work to do. I remember a thread on this somewhere
recently where someone suggested it might be possible to achieve using a
process similar to the CFM runner for PEF binaries, sorry I can't
remember the attribution but Uncle Google probably can.
[wonders out loud: how relevant would all of that old code gathering
dust at mklinux.org be...]
--
Graham Lee
UNIX Systems Manager,
Oxford Physics Practical Course
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1342
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