EM86 - Running Linux/x86 Binaries on Linux/Alpha
Date and Time
Wednesday, May 21, 1997 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
MIT Building 1-390 - Bechtel Lecture Hall
Presenters
Jim Paradis - jrp jrp tiac net
Summary
Cross-platform compatibility
Abstract
Jim Paradis returns to show us the latest developments for Linux on the Digital Alpha architecture: EM86. The Linux/Alpha team at Digital Equipment Corporation has released a developers' beta version of EM86, a Linux/x86 emulator for Linux/Alpha. EM86 is a software emulator that enables Linux/Alpha systems to run Linux/x86 software without modification. EM86 currently supports statically linked and dynamically linked x86 ELF32 binaries under Linux/Alpha. Future enhancements will include support for iBCS-2 compliant executables, improved emulator performance, and interoperation with native Alpha code. A release incorporating these features is anticipated in July, 1997. The following Linux/x86 software packages run successfully on this beta version of EM86, with some qualifications as described in the README file included in the distribution: Netscape Navigator Gold 3.01; Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0; Red Baron web browser 3.00; Applixware 4.2
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