On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 03:25:33AM -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > As far as I can tell, our current linux emulation platform is based on > Fedora "10." As far as I can tell, this was released in November 2008 > (going on 5 years ago) and was EOL as of December 2009 (my source is > wikipedia). Wow. >
try $FSVN/base/user/dchagin/lemul I can provide f18 port for u. > Until now, I have ignored (mostly) where the linux emulation came from --- > most binaries distributed for linux are substantially pessimistic about > what linux you're running. > > Enter Steam for Linux. It seems to depend on _very_ recent linux. If > you're using Debian, you must run "unstable" Wheezy rather than whatever > stable is called. Worse, Steam servers ... long running on some of my > FreeBSD servers, are now converting to the new Steam linux world ... and > are now starting to not run under FreeBSD's old linux port. > > Some questions... > > 1. Most of the hoopla seems to be over libc.so.6 --- is there any chance > we can have that with or without upgrading to a newer copy of fedora (or > whatever) in ports? > 2. I notice that newer fedora releases are using 3.x linux kernels. Are > binaries using 3.x kernels a problem for FreeBSD's linux kernel mod? > 3. Are there some quick patches to running l4d/l4d2/tf2 and/or > killingfloor servers on FreeBSD? > > I realize, with the state of our 3D stuff, expecting Steam games to run may > be too much --- but the servers have always been and should always be easy > to support. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" -- Have fun! chd
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