* marc.miller@amd.com <marc.miller@amd.com> [030707 14:41]: > Since other ISVs are adopting the use of linux32, I recommend > consistency here. AFAIK, the basic functions of linux32 are (1) to > change the architecture reported by uname, and (2) to adjust the > available address space for that process to 3GB, such as you would > find on most 32-bit Linux systems (many programs get confused when > they have access to the full 4GB of 32-bit addressable space, and > imposing a limit unconfused them). Exact behavior can be modified by > passing switches to the command. If I understand what linux32 does the program is quite trivial. $ uname -m x86_64 $ ./linux32 uname -m i686 I am not a Debian developer (yet), so maybe someone that is can package it to speed up the process... Regards, Bart. --- snip --- #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/personality.h> int main (int argc, char *const argv[]) { int rc; if (argc<2) { printf ("usage: linux32 <program> <arguments>\n"); exit (1); } rc = personality (PER_LINUX32); if (rc == -1) { perror ("personality (PER_LINUX32)"); exit (1); } argv++; return execvp (argv[0], argv); } -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/
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