On 18-Apr-2007 11:44.45 (BST), A J Stiles wrote: > > There's nspluginwrapper as well. I'm trying to work out if and how I can > > get it working on non-amd64 machines (I have a ppc machine as well as > > amd64, so I'd like to get it working on that as well). > You'll have a job, because nspluginwrapper is just a wrapper for x86 > binaries > which have been linked against 32-bit libraries. A PPC machine can't run > x86 > or amd64 binaries at all, never mind what libraries they're linked against > -- > and if you had the Source Code for the plugins in the first place, then you > could just compile them for the target architecture with no need for any > fancy wrapper code.
Yes, I am quite aware that powerpc machines cannot run x86/amd64 code :) However, nspluginwrapper uses qemu to emulate the plugin environment on architectures where the binary cannot be natively executed. This is noted in the "features" section on the homepage: "* Run Linux/i386 plugins through QEMU on Linux/ppc platforms" -- rob andrews :: pgp 0x01e00563 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]