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Re: 32-bit uname with 64-bit kernel



On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 01:34:17PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 01:16:21PM -0400, Tuco wrote:
> 
> > I found this problem when running uname inside a 32-bit chroot, 'uname
> > -m' prints amd64! This often breaks configure scripts and build
> > systems.
> > 
> > With this glibc patch, uname corrects the output after it has been
> > obtained with sysctl.
> > 
> > Can I commit this? Is glibc-bsd/glibc-ports/kfreebsd/uname.c the right
> > place, or should I send it in a bug report?
> 
> I'd recommend you apply FreeBSD r210369 to the kernel instead.
> 
>   When compat32 binary asks for the value of hw.machine_arch, report
>   the name of 32bit sibling architecture instead of the host one. Do
>   the same for hw.machine on amd64.
> 
>   Add a safety belt debug.adaptive_machine_arch sysctl, to turn the
>   substitution off.
> 
>   Reviewed by:	jhb, nwhitehorn
>   MFC after:	2 weeks
> 
> http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=210369
> 

I haven't tried it, but it indeed looks the way to do.

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