Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-17 Thread ginu samuel
Thanks to everyone. Ok , so I need to run QEMU in Full System Emulation mode to run the Solaris binary. Is the *qemu-kvm* , the only package required to be installed ( on RHEL machine) to launch QEMU or there are some packages also. Also I would need the Solars OS image, right? Regards, Ginu

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-17 Thread Warner Losh
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:40 PM David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 09:29 -1000, Richard Henderson wrote: > > On 2/16/23 09:02, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to extend qemu-user to support the > > > similar personality variations for SCO/Solaris/etc

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-17 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 19:39, David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 09:29 -1000, Richard Henderson wrote: > > On 2/16/23 09:02, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to extend qemu-user to support the > > > similar personality variations for SCO/Solaris/etc.

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-16 Thread David Woodhouse
On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 09:29 -1000, Richard Henderson wrote: > On 2/16/23 09:02, David Woodhouse wrote: > > It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to extend qemu-user to support the > > similar personality variations for SCO/Solaris/etc. using that as a > > guide. > > Not beyond wit but perhaps beyon

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-16 Thread Richard Henderson
On 2/16/23 09:02, David Woodhouse wrote: It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to extend qemu-user to support the similar personality variations for SCO/Solaris/etc. using that as a guide. Not beyond wit but perhaps beyond patience. It would certainly be possible to emulate the "easy middle" of

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-16 Thread David Woodhouse
On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 14:36 +, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 14:30, ginu samuel > wrote: > > > > Hi, > >     I have a requirement to run a Solaris binary ( 32 bit ) on > > linux (64 bit). > > > > Since some of the sources for the binary are not available, > > recompilation on

Re: Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-16 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 14:30, ginu samuel wrote: > > Hi, > I have a requirement to run a Solaris binary ( 32 bit ) on linux (64 bit). > > Since some of the sources for the binary are not available, recompilation on > linux is not possible. > > So we are trying to run on linux using QEMU > Fo

Runnig solaris binary(32 bit) on linux(64 bit)

2023-02-16 Thread ginu samuel
Hi, I have a requirement to run a Solaris binary ( 32 bit ) on linux (64 bit). Since some of the sources for the binary are not available, recompilation on linux is not possible. So we are trying to run on linux using QEMU the uname output on solaris box is - #uname -sip SunOS sparc sun4v t