From b0fd96912189684a0ab542045c4560d1c72d60b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexis Praga <alexis.praga@free.fr> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 16:53:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] handbook/linuxemu: show how to mount linprocfs Some programs expect procfs and other Linuxisms. PR: docs/195209 Reported by: ngie --- .../en/books/handbook/linuxemu/_index.adoc | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/_index.adoc index 532da8f564..29e73a0e94 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/_index.adoc @@ -111,6 +111,23 @@ On 64-bit machines, [.filename]#/etc/rc.d/abi# will automatically load the modul Since the Linux(R) binary compatibility layer has gained support for running both 32- and 64-bit Linux(R) binaries (on 64-bit x86 hosts), it is no longer possible to link the emulation functionality statically into a custom kernel. +For some applications, [.filename]#/compat/linux/proc#, [.filename]#/compat/linux/sys#, and [.filename]#/compat/linux/dev/shm# may need to be mounted. Add this line to [.filename]#/etc/fstab#: + +.... +linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 +linsysfs /compat/linux/sys linsysfs rw 0 0 +tmpfs /compat/linux/dev/shm tmpfs rw,mode=1777 0 0 +.... + +Then mount the filesystem accordingly: + +[source,bash] +---- +# mount /compat/linux/sys +# mount /compat/linux/proc +# mount /compat/linux/dev/shm +---- + [[linuxemu-libs-manually]] === Installing Additional Libraries Manually