Re: running DEC binaries

[Alvin Starr <alvin iplink net>]

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, James Peret wrote:

> I am trying to run a Dec native binary on alphalinux.  i get the error
> message
> 
> getadr:  ioctl SIOCGIFCONF: Invalid argument
> Couldn't locate your Ethernet device
> ERROR: could not connect to NameServer.
> 
> 
> i am running RH 5.2 with the 2.2.7 kernel. i have all the dec libraries,
> and networking is working fine.  i have a pc164 which i am dual booting
> linux and dux.  I think what is happening is that the application is
> looking to one of the dec libraries for information on the ethernet card
> and the library can't find that information.  My question is, does
> anyone know a good way of faking that information?  

There are a number of limitations to the level of DU spport. If your
application does some device IOCTL's then it is likly it will fail. The
SMP and thread support is also very different.

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