Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:31:19 +0100 | From | John Levon <> | Subject | [PATCH] Document mounting of binfmt_misc |
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Patch by Ivan Gyurdiev. Please apply.
regards john
diff -aur linux/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt linux.new/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt --- linux/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt 2003-07-27 19:34:57.749703952 -0400 +++ linux.new/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt 2003-07-29 20:35:26.203488160 -0400 @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ bits) you have supplied. Binfmt_misc can also recognise a filename extension aka '.com' or '.exe'. +First you must mount binfmt_misc: + mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc + To actually register a new binary type, you have to set up a string looking like :name:type:offset:magic:mask:interpreter: (where you can choose the ':' upon your needs) and echo it to /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register. diff -aur linux/fs/Kconfig.binfmt linux.new/fs/Kconfig.binfmt --- linux/fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2003-07-27 19:35:36.727778384 -0400 +++ linux.new/fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2003-07-29 20:37:07.336113664 -0400 @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ feature, and <file:Documentation/java.txt> for information about how to include Java support. + To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it: + mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc + You may say M here for module support and later load the module when you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you don't know what to answer at this point, say Y. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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