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From: scott@zorch.sf-bay.org (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Subject: Re: Linux binaries die with bus errors
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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 05:23:12 GMT
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>I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5, and all my Linux binaries, including
>/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig, crash immediately with bus errors. The
>LKM seems to load fine when I execute "linux". I don't have to
>recompile the kernel with 2.1.5, do I? (I would think that I'd be
>getting "wrong architecture" if that were the case.)
You do have to recompile with COMPAT_LINUX. The documentation for the
compatability package is incorrect for 2.1.5. I reported this to the listed
maintainer.
\scott