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Diffstat (limited to 'faq')
-rw-r--r-- | faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/df.mdwn | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/so_many_years.mdwn | 21 |
4 files changed, 47 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn b/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn index 37050763..ba1ff22a 100644 --- a/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn +++ b/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_documentation]] - <veganman> sothere's absolutelyno way,evenslowly to run i386 linuxcode - under hurd/i386? Ihave a small app, commercial, which I have to get + <veganman> so there's absolutely no way, even slowly to run i386 linux code + under hurd/i386? I have a small app, commercial, which I have to get running there <veganman> no source <braunr> no way @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <veganman> so, no magic linux lxemu on windows? <veganman> or linuxemu on plan9 <pinotree> nope - <veganman> I remember somethingsilly, sonmone hadcompiled linux asauser - applicationon plan9 and inserted his own binaries as - acodeobject,toberunon plan9, for useon ibm hpc hatrdware + <veganman> I remember something silly, sonmone had compiled linux as a user + application on plan9 and inserted his own binaries as + a code object, to be run on plan9, for use on ibm hpc hardware <veganman> it was ron minich <veganman> 5e.iwp9.org/slides/linuxemu.pdf <veganman> I think that was it diff --git a/faq/df.mdwn b/faq/df.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 8af6009a..00000000 --- a/faq/df.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!tag faq/running]] - -[[!meta title="Why df doesn't work?"]] - -There is no `/etc/mtab` (due to dynamic translator startup, its content is hard -to define actually, see -[[the mtab GSoC project idea|community/gsoc/project_ideas/mtab]]), -so just running `df` will yield the following error. - - df: cannot read table of mounted file systems - -Pass `df` a path like `df /` or `df ./` to see the disk usage of that particular -file system. diff --git a/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn b/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bcbe9571 --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] + +[[!meta title="Getting Assertion `__pthread_threads' failed."]] + +Some applications don't link against libpthread, but load plugins which do link against libpthread. This means unexpectedly switch from mono-thread to multi-thread. This is not supported yet, thus the following error: + + ./pthread/../sysdeps/generic/pt-mutex-timedlock.c:70: __pthread_mutex_timedlock_internal: Assertion `__pthread_threads' failed. + +This can be worked around by using + +export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/i386-gnu/libpthread.so.0.3 diff --git a/faq/so_many_years.mdwn b/faq/so_many_years.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8c5ce4a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/so_many_years.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/general faq/_important]] + +[[!meta title="How is it that the Hurd does not do foo and bar, after so many years of development?"]] + + +Remember that what counts is years.people, not just years, so it +can't be compared to e.g. Linux or BSD development so trivially. See +[[how_many_developers|how many developers]] are working on the Hurd, it is +actually impressive that so much has been done in the past couple of decades +with so few people. |