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27.Dd February 3, 2001
28.Dt COMPAT_SUNOS 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm compat_sunos
32.Nd setup procedure for m68k, sparc and sparc64 architectures
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34.Nx Ns Tn /sparc64 ,
35.Nx Ns Tn /sparc
36and some of the
37.Nx Ns Tn /m68k
38architectures can run
39.Tn SunOS
40executables.
41Most executables will work.
42.Pp
43The exceptions include programs that use the
44.Tn SunOS
45kvm library,
46and various system calls,
47.Fn ioctl Ns 's ,
48or kernel semantics that are difficult to emulate.
49The number of reasons why a program might fail to work is (thankfully)
50longer than the number of programs that fail to run.
51.Pp
52Static executables will normally run without any extra setup.
53This procedure details the directories and files that must be
54set up to allow dynamically linked executables to work.
55.Pp
56The files you need are on your
57.Tn SunOS
58machine.
59You need to worry about the legal issues of ensuring that you
60have a right to use the required files on your machine.
61On your
62.Nx
63machine, do the following:
64.Bl -enum -offset 123
65.It
66.Li mkdir -p /emul/sunos/usr/lib /emul/sunos/usr/5lib
67.It
68.Li cp SunOS:/usr/lib/lib*.so.*.* NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/lib
69.It
70.Li cp SunOS:/usr/5lib/lib*.so.*.* NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/5lib
71.It
72.Li cp SunOS:/usr/lib/ld.so NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/lib/ld.so
73.It
74If you ever expect to use YP, you will want to create a link:
75.Bd -literal -compact
76ln -s /var/run/ypbind.lock /etc/ypbind.lock
77.Ed
78.El
79.Pp
80Alternatively, you can use an NFS mount to accomplish the same
81effect.
82On your
83.Nx
84machine, do the following:
85.Bl -enum -offset 123
86.It
87.Li mkdir -p /emul/sunos/usr
88.It
89.Li mount SunOS:/usr /emul/sunos/usr
90.El
91.Pp
92This will place the
93.Tn SunOS
94libraries on your
95.Nx
96machine
97in a location where the
98.Tn SunOS
99compatibility code will look for
100first, where they do not conflict with the standard libraries.
101.Sh NOTES
102When using
103.Nm
104on
105.Nx Ns Tn /sparc64 ,
106the
107.Dv COMPAT_NETBSD32
108option must also be used.
109.Sh BUGS
110A list of things which fail to work in compatibility mode should
111be here.
112.Pp
113.Tn SunOS
114executables can not handle directory offset cookies > 32 bits.
115Should such an offset occur, you will see the message
116.Dq sunos_getdents: dir offset too large for emulated program .
117Currently, this can only
118happen on NFS mounted filesystems, mounted from servers that return
119offsets with information in the upper 32 bits.
120These errors should rarely happen, but can be avoided by mounting
121this filesystem with offset translation enabled.
122See the
123.Fl X
124option to
125.Xr mount_nfs 8 .
126The
127.Fl 2
128option to
129.Xr mount_nfs 8
130will also have the desired effect, but is less preferable.
131.Pp
132The
133.Nx Ns Tn /sparc64
134support is less complete than the other ports.
135