Fixup fromcvs/togit conversion
[pkgsrcv2.git] / emulators / ski-bin / DESCR
1 The Hewlett-Packard IA-64 instruction set simulator for Linux/x86
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3 To get the ski to run on NetBSD/i386, you need the following:
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5 compat_linux support in the kernel:
6         http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-linux.html
7 procfs support in the kernel:
8         http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-linux.html#chap-linux-emulating-procfs
9 mount /dev/pts:
10         http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2004/11/08/0016.html
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12 Tip: You can run the ski emulator with qemu usermode emulation on
13 non-i386 platforms.
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15 Run the ski binary from within an xterm window.
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17 BUGS: the xserver version xski doesn't currently work.