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List instructions for turning on Linux mode in order of usefulness:

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for FreeBSD 3.x, followed by 2.2.x, followed by 2.1.
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<chapter id="linuxemu"> <chapter id="linuxemu">
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<para>Depending on which version of FreeBSD you are running, how you get <para>Depending on which version of FreeBSD you are running, how you get
Linux-mode up will vary somewhat:</para> Linux-mode up will vary somewhat:</para>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 3.0-RELEASE and later</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an KLD object (&ldquo;Kernel LoaDable object&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary compatibility if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the KLD is loaded, kldstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 2 0xc0100000 16bdb8 kernel
7 1 0xc24db000 d000 linux.ko</screen>
<para>If for some reason you do not want to or cannot load the
Linux KLD, then statically link the binary compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.2.2-RELEASE and later 2.2.x versions</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an LKM (&ldquo;Loadable Kernel Module&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the LKM is running, modstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; modstat
Type Id Off Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
EXEC 0 4 f09e6000 001c f09ec010 1 linux_mod</screen>
<para>However, there have been reports that this fails on some
2.2-RELEASE and later systems. If for some reason you cannot load the
Linux LKM, then statically link the Linux compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2> <sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.1-STABLE</title> <title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.1-STABLE</title>
@ -103,104 +201,6 @@ linux=YES</programlisting>
linux</programlisting> linux</programlisting>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.2.2-RELEASE and later 2.2.x versions</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an LKM (&ldquo;Loadable Kernel Module&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the LKM is running, modstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; modstat
Type Id Off Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
EXEC 0 4 f09e6000 001c f09ec010 1 linux_mod</screen>
<para>However, there have been reports that this fails on some
2.2-RELEASE and later systems. If for some reason you cannot load the
Linux LKM, then statically link the Linux compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 3.0-RELEASE and later</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an KLD object (&ldquo;Kernel LoaDable object&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary compatibility if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the KLD is loaded, kldstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 2 0xc0100000 16bdb8 kernel
7 1 0xc24db000 d000 linux.ko</screen>
<para>If for some reason you do not want to or cannot load the
Linux KLD, then statically link the binary compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2> <sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Runtime Libraries</title> <title>Installing Linux Runtime Libraries</title>

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<chapter id="linuxemu"> <chapter id="linuxemu">
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<para>Depending on which version of FreeBSD you are running, how you get <para>Depending on which version of FreeBSD you are running, how you get
Linux-mode up will vary somewhat:</para> Linux-mode up will vary somewhat:</para>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 3.0-RELEASE and later</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an KLD object (&ldquo;Kernel LoaDable object&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary compatibility if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the KLD is loaded, kldstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 2 0xc0100000 16bdb8 kernel
7 1 0xc24db000 d000 linux.ko</screen>
<para>If for some reason you do not want to or cannot load the
Linux KLD, then statically link the binary compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.2.2-RELEASE and later 2.2.x versions</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an LKM (&ldquo;Loadable Kernel Module&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the LKM is running, modstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; modstat
Type Id Off Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
EXEC 0 4 f09e6000 001c f09ec010 1 linux_mod</screen>
<para>However, there have been reports that this fails on some
2.2-RELEASE and later systems. If for some reason you cannot load the
Linux LKM, then statically link the Linux compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2> <sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.1-STABLE</title> <title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.1-STABLE</title>
@ -103,104 +201,6 @@ linux=YES</programlisting>
linux</programlisting> linux</programlisting>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 2.2.2-RELEASE and later 2.2.x versions</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an LKM (&ldquo;Loadable Kernel Module&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the LKM is running, modstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; modstat
Type Id Off Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
EXEC 0 4 f09e6000 001c f09ec010 1 linux_mod</screen>
<para>However, there have been reports that this fails on some
2.2-RELEASE and later systems. If for some reason you cannot load the
Linux LKM, then statically link the Linux compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Mode in 3.0-RELEASE and later</title>
<para>It is no longer necessary to specify <literal>options
LINUX</literal> or <literal>options COMPAT_LINUX</literal>. Linux
binary compatibility is done with an KLD object (&ldquo;Kernel LoaDable object&rdquo;)
so it can be installed on the fly without having to reboot. You will
need the following things in your startup files, however:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>In <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>, you need the following
line:</para>
<programlisting>
linux_enable=YES</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>This, in turn, triggers the following action in
<filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>
# Start the Linux binary compatibility if requested.
if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then echo -n '
linux'; linux &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
fi</programlisting>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>If you want to verify that the KLD is loaded, kldstat will do that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 2 0xc0100000 16bdb8 kernel
7 1 0xc24db000 d000 linux.ko</screen>
<para>If for some reason you do not want to or cannot load the
Linux KLD, then statically link the binary compatibility in the kernel by
adding
<programlisting>
options LINUX</programlisting>
to your kernel config file. Then run config and install the new
kernel as described in the <link linkend="kernelconfig">kernel
configuration</link> section.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2> <sect2>
<title>Installing Linux Runtime Libraries</title> <title>Installing Linux Runtime Libraries</title>