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• kernel internal data structures
• the /proc filesystem
• the ticotsord loopback RPC mechanism (NIS uses this)
• sound and video interfaces
• threads (ttsession uses threads)
• the streams administrative driver

The SVR4 compatibility feature is active for kernels compiled with the COMPAT_SVR4 option enabled. Since support for ELF executables is included only if the kernel is compiled with the EXEC_ELF32 or EXEC_ELF64 options enabled, kernels which include COMPAT_SVR4 should also typically include EXEC_ELF32 (for 32-bit ELF support) and/or EXEC_ELF64 (for 64-bit ELF support).

Another compatibility feature is COMPAT_SVR4_32, which allows the execution of 32-bit SVR4 binaries on a machine with a 64-bit kernel. This requires EXEC_ELF32 and COMPAT_NETBSD32 options as well as COMPAT_SVR4. It is configured the same way as COMPAT_SVR4 but uses the /emul/svr4_32 directory instead of /emul/svr4. But typically, /emul/svr4_32 can be made to point to /emul/svr4 if the operating system donating the libraries has support for both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries.

Execution of 32-bit SVR4 binaries on a machine with a 32-bit kernel uses COMPAT_SVR4, not COMPAT_SVR4_32.

Most SVR4 programs are dynamically linked. This means that you will also need the shared libraries that the program depends on and the runtime linker. Also, you will need to create a “shadow root” directory for SVR4 binaries on your NetBSD system. This directory is named /emul/svr4. Any file operations done by SVR4 programs run under NetBSD will look in this directory first. So, if a SVR4 program opens, for example, /etc/passwd, NetBSD will first try to open /emul/svr4/etc/passwd, and if that does not exist open the ‘real’ /etc/passwd file. It is recommended that you install SVR4 packages that include configuration files, etc under /emul/svr4, to avoid naming conflicts with possible NetBSD counterparts. Shared libraries should also be installed in the shadow tree.

The simplest way to set up your system for SVR4 binaries is:

1. Make the necessary directories:

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/{dev,etc}

   
   

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/usr/{bin,lib,ucblib}

   
   

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/usr/openwin/{bin,lib}

   
   

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/usr/dt/{bin,lib}

    

2. Copy files from an svr4 system:

   (me@svr4) cd /usr/lib

   
   

   (me@svr4) tar -cf - . | \

    

   rsh netbsd 'cd /emul/svr4/usr/lib && tar -xpf -'

    

   (me@svr4) cd /usr/ucblib

   
   

   (me@svr4) tar -cf - . | \

    

   rsh netbsd 'cd /emul/svr4/usr/ucblib && tar -xpf -'

    

   If you are running openwindows:

   (me@svr4) cd /usr/openwin/lib

   
   

   (me@svr4) tar -cf - . | \

    

   rsh netbsd 'cd /emul/svr4/usr/openwin/lib && tar -xpf -'

    

   (me@svr4) cd /usr/dt/lib

   
   

   (me@svr4) tar -cf - . | \

    

   rsh netbsd 'cd /emul/svr4/usr/dt/lib && tar -xpf -'

    

3. You will also probably need the timezone files from your Solaris system, otherwise emulated binaries will run on UTC time.

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo

   
   

   (me@netbsd) mkdir -p /emul/svr4/etc/default

   
   

   (me@svr4) cd /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo

   
   

   (me@solaris) tar -cf -. | \

    

   rsh netbsd 'cd /emul/svr4/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo &&

    

   tar -xpf -'

   
   

   (me@netbsd) echo TZ=US/Pacific > /emul/svr4/etc/default/init

    

   
   
4. Set up the configuration files and devices:

   (me@netbsd) cd /usr/share/examples/emul/svr4/etc

   
   

   (me@netbsd) cp netconfig nsswitch.conf /emul/svr4/etc

   
   

   (me@netbsd) cp SVR4_MAKEDEV /emul/svr4/dev

   
   

   (me@netbsd) cd /emul/svr4/dev && sh SVR4_MAKEDEV all

    

   As the major number allocated for emulation of SVR4 devices may vary between NetBSD platforms, the SVR4_MAKEDEV script uses the uname(1) command to determine the architecture the devices nodes are being created for; this can be overridden by setting the MACHINE environment variable accordingly.

An alternative method is to mount a whole SVR4 partition in /emul/svr4 and then override with other mounts /emul/svr4/etc and /emul/svr4/dev.