Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH][Documentation]Add BINFMT_MISC support for Mono .NET-based binaries | From | Felipe Alfaro Solana <> | Date | Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:02:34 +0100 |
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Just as there is documentation for BINFMT_MISC and Java bytecodes support, I thought it could be interesting to add documentation on how to add BINFMT_MISC support for directly running .NET ".exe" binaries using the Mono CLR.
Attached is patch against 2.6.5-rc2-bk3 but should apply against 2.6.5-rc2-mm1.
Please, consider it for inclusion. Thanks! diff -uNr linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3.old/Documentation/java.txt linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/Documentation/java.txt --- linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3.old/Documentation/java.txt 2004-03-11 03:55:35.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/Documentation/java.txt 2004-03-23 22:46:42.323851618 +0100 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ the kernel (CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) and set it up properly. If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod - can not easy be supported with binfmt_misc. + can not easily be supported with binfmt_misc. Read the file 'binfmt_misc.txt' in this directory to know more about the configuration process. diff -uNr linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3.old/Documentation/mono.txt linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/Documentation/mono.txt --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/Documentation/mono.txt 2004-03-23 22:51:02.498954581 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ + Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux + ----------------------------------------- + +To configure Linux to automatically execute Mono-based .NET binaries +(in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR +wrapper, you can use the BINFMT_MISC kernel support. + +This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any +other program after you have done the following: + +1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading + a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from CVS. Binary + packages for several distributions can be found at: + + http://go-mono.com/download.html + + Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at: + + http://www.go-mono.com/compiling.html + + Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that + /usr/bin/mono (which could be located elsewhere, for example + /usr/local/bin/mono) is working. + +2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into + the kernel (CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) and set it up properly. + If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have + to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod + can not be easily supported with binfmt_misc. + Read the file 'binfmt_misc.txt' in this directory to know + more about the configuration process. + +3) Add the following enries to /etc/rc.local or similar script + to be run at system startup: + +# Insert BINFMT_MISC module into the kernel +if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then + /sbin/modprobe binfmt_misc + # Some distributions, like Fedora Core, perform + # the following command automatically when the + # binfmt_misc module is loaded into the kernel. + # Thus, it is possible that the following line + # is not needed at all. Look at /etc/modprobe.conf + # to check whether this is applicable or not. + mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc +fi + +# Register support for .NET CLR binaries +if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then + # Replace /usr/bin/mono with the correct pathname to + # the Mono CLR runtime (usually /usr/local/bin/mono + # when compiling from sources or CVS). + echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register +else + echo "No binfmt_misc support" + exit 1 +fi + +4) Check that .exe binaries can be ran without the need of a + wrapper script, simply by launching the .exe file directly + from a command prompt, for example: + + /usr/bin/xsd.exe + + NOTE: If this fails with a permission denied error, check + that the .exe file has execute permissions. diff -uNr linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3.old/fs/Kconfig.binfmt linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/fs/Kconfig.binfmt --- linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3.old/fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2004-03-23 22:42:51.097554452 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.5-rc2-bk3/fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2004-03-23 22:54:31.191339272 +0100 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ ---help--- If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use - programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python or + programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python, .NET or Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you often run DOS executables under the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). Once you have @@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ You can do other nice things, too. Read the file <file:Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt> to learn how to use this - feature, and <file:Documentation/java.txt> for information about how - to include Java support. + feature, <file:Documentation/java.txt> for information about how + to include Java support. and <file:Documentation/mono.txt> for + information about how to include Mono-based .NET support. To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it: mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc | |