Re: solaris binary in debian-sparc ?

[Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>]

> my problem is:
> i have a ultra 60 with debian 3.1 and i must execute on this machine some 
> programs for scientific applications (revu,grads, vis5d...)
> 
> i have a pre-compiled version of grads (for linux under x86 and a version for solaris on sparc machines) but if i try to emulate a x86 machine under my sparc ..it is very slow :( 
> 
> can i execute this pre-compiled version under my debian/sparc ?
> 
> in other words:can i execute solaris/sparc binaries under debian/sparc ?
> and linux/x86 binaries ?
Your best bet for x86 binaries is qemu.  Linux/SPARC has kernel modules
for (as I understand it) handling Solaris and SunOS syscalls and for
loading their binaries.  I suspect there might be some issues with
libraries though.

HTH

Cheers,
 - Martin
 
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Martin
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