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LINUX(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual LINUX(4) NAME linux -- Linux ABI support SYNOPSIS To compile support for this ABI into an i386 kernel place the following line in your kernel configuration file: options COMPAT_LINUX for an amd64 kernel use: options COMPAT_LINUX32 Alternatively, to load the ABI as a module at boot time, place the fol- lowing line in loader.conf(5): linux_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The linux module provides limited Linux ABI (application binary inter- face) compatibility for userland applications. The module provides the following significant facilities: +o An image activator for correctly branded elf(5) executable images +o Special signal handling for activated images +o Linux to native system call translation It is important to note that the Linux ABI support it not provided through an emulator. Rather, a true (albeit limited) ABI implementation is provided. The following sysctl(8) tunable variables are available: compat.linux.osname Linux kernel operating system name. compat.linux.osrelease Linux kernel operating system release. Chang- ing this to something else is discouraged on non-development systems, because it may change the way Linux programs work. Recent versions of GNU libc are known to use different syscalls depending on the value of this sysctl. compat.linux.oss_version Linux Open Sound System version. The linux module can be linked into the kernel statically with the COMPAT_LINUX kernel configuration option or loaded as required. The fol- lowing command will load the module if it is neither linked into the ker- nel nor already loaded as a module: if ! kldstat -v | grep -E 'linux(aout|elf)' > /dev/null; then kldload linux > /dev/null 2>&1 fi Note that dynamically linked Linux executables will require a suitable environment in /compat/linux. Specifically, the Linux run-time linker's hints files should be correctly initialized. For this reason, it is com- mon to execute the following commands to prepare the system to correctly run Linux executables: if [ -x /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig ]; then /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -r /compat/linux fi For information on loading the linux kernel loadable module automatically on system startup, see rc.conf(5). This information applies regardless of whether the linux module is statically linked into the kernel or loaded as a module. FILES /compat/linux minimal Linux run-time environment /compat/linux/dev/fd limited Linux file-descriptor file system /compat/linux/proc limited Linux process file system /compat/linux/sys limited Linux system file system SEE ALSO brandelf(1), elf(5), fdescfs(5), linprocfs(5), linsysfs(5) HISTORY Linux ABI support first appeared in FreeBSD 2.1. BSD August 1, 2017 BSD
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