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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.  Most executables will work.
41.Pp
42The exceptions include programs that use the
43.Tn SunOS
44kvm library,
45and various system calls,
46.Fn ioctl Ns 's ,
47or kernel semantics that are difficult to emulate.
48The number of reasons why a program might fail to work is (thankfully)
49longer than the number of programs that fail to run.
50.Pp
51Static executables will normally run without any extra setup.
52This procedure details the directories and files that must be
53set up to allow dynamically linked executables to work.
54.Pp
55The files you need are on your
56.Tn SunOS
57machine.
58You need to worry about the legal issues of ensuring that you
59have a right to use the required files on your machine.
60On your
61.Nx
62machine, do the following:
63.Pp
64.Bl -enum -offset 123 -compact
65.It
66.Li mkdir -p /emul/sunos/usr/lib /emul/sunos/usr/5lib
67.fi
68.Pp
69.It
70.Li cp SunOS:/usr/lib/lib*.so.*.* NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/lib
71.Pp
72.It
73.Li cp SunOS:/usr/5lib/lib*.so.*.* NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/5lib
74.Pp
75.It
76.Li cp SunOS:/usr/lib/ld.so NetBSD:/emul/sunos/usr/lib/ld.so
77.Pp
78.It
79If you ever expect to use YP, you will want to create a link:
80.nf
81.Li ln -s /var/run/ypbind.lock /etc/ypbind.lock
82.fi
83.El
84.Pp
85Alternatively, you can use an NFS mount to accomplish the same
86effect.
87On your
88.Nx
89machine, do the following:
90.Pp
91.Bl -enum -offset 123 -compact
92.Pp
93.It
94.Li mkdir -p /emul/sunos/usr
95.Pp
96.It
97.Li mount SunOS:/usr /emul/sunos/usr
98.fi
99.El
100.Pp
101This will place the
102.Tn SunOS
103libraries on your
104.Nx
105machine
106in a location where the
107.Tn SunOS
108compatibility code will look for
109first, where they do not conflict with the standard libraries.
110.Sh NOTES
111When using
112.Nm
113on
114.Nx Ns Tn /sparc64 ,
115the
116.Dv COMPAT_NETBSD32
117option must also be used.
118.Sh BUGS
119A list of things which fail to work in compatibility mode should
120be here.
121.Pp
122.Tn SunOS
123executables can not handle directory offset cookies \*[Gt] 32 bits.
124Should such an offset occur, you will see the message
125.Dq sunos_getdents: dir offset too large for emulated program .
126Currently, this can only
127happen on NFS mounted filesystems, mounted from servers that return
128offsets with information in the upper 32 bits. These errors should
129rarely happen, but can be avoided by mounting this filesystem with offset
130translation enabled. See the
131.Fl X
132option to
133.Xr mount_nfs 8 .
134The
135.Fl 2
136option to
137.Xr mount_nfs 8
138will also have the desired effect, but is less preferable.
139.Pp
140The
141.Nx Ns Tn /sparc64
142support is less complete than the other ports.
143