On Saturday 31 March 2007 03:16, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 31/03/2007 05:23 Daniel Eischen said the following: > > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, David E. Cross wrote: > > > >> I recently ran into a problem where the 32bit JVM won't run on a 64bit > >> host. > >> I, and at least one other person in -java thinks it has to do with 32 bit > >> KSE > >> on a 64bit kernel (I have a vague memory on this somewheres WAY back). Is > >> this still the issue? Could someone point me in the general direction of > >> the > >> specifics of the problem (if they exist, if not, I may try to create a > >> simpler test case then java)? > >> > >> I tried a few searches, but nothing matching what I remembered came up. > > > > No, you can't run 32-bit libpthread on 64-bit kernel. There > > are no compatiblity hooks in the kernel to handle 32-bit kse > > interfaces. It is really too messy to provide it. > > > Daniel, > > maybe you can send a followup to the following ? > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=110655 > > Given that 32-bit libthr also doesn't work on 64-bit kernel, the only > option is to map thread libs to libc_r via libmap32.conf. > BTW, next time there is a poll about retiring libc_r please count me > against for precisely this reason.
I plan on making sure full 32-bit compat exists for both libthr and libpthread and backporting it to 6.x for work. Very few things are too hard to wrap with a 32-bit shim. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
