Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: fix run of 32 bits Linux executables on 64 bits targets

[Fabrice Bellard]

Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> > J. Mayer wrote:
> > > Following the patches done for elfload32, it appeared to me that there
> > > were still problems that would prevent 32 bits executables to run on 64
> > > bits target in linux user mode emulation.
> > > [...]
> > Are you sure it is a good idea to try to add 32 bit executable support to a 
> > 64 bit target ? In the end you will need to write a 64 bit to 32 bit linux 
> > syscall converter which would mean duplicating all the linux-user code of 
> > the corresponding 32 bit target (think of ioctls with strutures, signals 
> > frames, etc...).
>
> I would think this feature will be limited to platforms which can handle
> 32bit and 64bit binaries with a single personality.

I am not sure it is a common case !

However, I suggest to emulate a 32 bit user linux system with a 64 bit 
guest CPU running in 32 bit compatibily mode. It would be useful to test 
64 bit CPUs in 32 bit compatibility mode. The only required modification 
in linux user is to rename target_ulong so that it can have a different 
size of the CPU word default size.

Regards,

Fabrice.