Re: About compat_linux

[Riza Dindir <riza.dindir%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello Mario,

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 7:43 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2008%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Why not using a virtualized linux os with qemu accelerated with nvmm,instead of using compat_linux ?
>
> Il giorno sab 25 set 2021 alle ore 06:27 Riza Dindir <riza.dindir%gmail.com@localhost> ha scritto:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am adding compat_linux (linux emulation) to my system (NetBSD 9.2).
>> I have a couple of questions.
>>
>> The first question is this. In the manual page, it says that I need to
>> mount the procfs using the /etc/fstab file. But in that file I have
>> already an entry for the procfs as such
>>
>> procfs    /proc   procfs   rw
>>
>> But in the manual page for compat_linux it says that I need to do this
>>
>> procfs   /emul/linux/procfs   procfs   ro,linux
>>
>> It does make it readonly I believe and also changes the path to the
>> /proc directory. Would that be a problem?
>>
>> Another question would be this. When I get information on the
>> suse_base package (pkg_info suse_base) It says that I should change
>> the tmpfs entry in the /etc/fstab from
>>
>> tmpfs   /var/sh   tmpfs   rw,-m1777,-sram%25
>>
>> to this
>>
>> tmpfs   /emul/linux//var/sh   tmpfs   rw,-m1777
>>
>> Would I need to change this, and would it cause any problems?
>>
>> Although in the documentation it says that any file operations done by
>> linux applications will go to the /emul/linux directory first to find
>> the file, then look in the original location.
>>
>> Would it be better to leave the fstab intact, not changing it and
>> running linux applications?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Riza
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>
> --
> Mario.

I do not want to use an emulator and install linux on a virtual
machine. I could have done that on windows using virtualbox, or some
other virtualization (hyper-v or something). But I think if I can run
linux with compat-linux, it would be better.

Regards,
Riza