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authornewton <newton@FreeBSD.org>1999-07-30 12:46:16 +0000
committernewton <newton@FreeBSD.org>1999-07-30 12:46:16 +0000
commit5ac6d3874c8cf90867998606d2de7f558047836d (patch)
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Clarify use of the 'streams' pseudo-device (i.e.: static or kld).
Trust me, this stuff will be in a real manpage before 4.0 ships :-)
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diff --git a/sys/modules/svr4/README b/sys/modules/svr4/README
index b62d4bf..c8a0aee 100644
--- a/sys/modules/svr4/README
+++ b/sys/modules/svr4/README
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ Project by Christos Zoulas. It has been ported to FreeBSD by Mark Newton.
To use it:
-1. Add "pseudo-device streams" to your kernel config file and rebuild,
- reboot.
+1. Choose one of:
+ a. Add "pseudo-device streams" to your kernel config file and rebuild,
+ reboot; or
+ b. Build and install the streams module in /sys/modules/streams
2. Build and install the svr4 module in /sys/modules/svr4
@@ -16,18 +18,21 @@ To use it:
5. Run "sh SVR4_MAKEDEV all" in /compat/svr4/dev
-6. Mount a Solaris/x86 CD-ROM on /cdrom
+6. Mount a Solaris/x86 v2.6 or v7 CD-ROM on /cdrom (also works with
+ v2.4 and v2.5.1, but you need different symlinks in /compat/svr4)
-7. Brand any executables you want to run
+7. Brand any executables you want to run, and/or set the
+ kern.fallback_elf_brand sysctl to 'SVR4' to establish this as the
+ default emulator for unbranded executables.
-8. See if they work.
+8. See if your SysVR4 programs work.
It's early days yet, folks -- You'll probably have trouble getting 100%
functionality out of most things (specifically, poll() on a socket doesn't
look like it works at the moment, so Netscape doesn't work (among other
things)). Patches will be appreciated (use send-pr).
- - mark newton
+ - Mark Newton
newton@atdot.dotat.org
-
+$Id$
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