Re: Getting 32 bit linux binary support

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Cameron Kelly <cam.k801%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> I have a netbsd 11.0 box and am trying to get 32-bit linux binaries to run.

running amd64 I am guessing.

> I've recompiled the kernel to include COMPAT_LINUX, EXEC_ELF64 and
> EXEC_ELF32 options and have installed the suse32_base and suse_base
> package. I then tried to run a 32bit linux binary but I just get the
> following error:
>
> -bash: /emul/linux32/bin/ls: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
>
> Oddly though, 64 bit support seems to work because when I run
> /emul/linux/bin/ls, it runs it no problem.

It may help to `modload compat_linux32`.   See the man pages
  compt_linux(8)
  modstat(8)
  modload(8)
  modules.conf(5)

the last one is needed if your kernel does not allow module loading
after raising seurelevel.