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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-09-21 14:51:11 +0200 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-24 12:12:35 +0200 |
commit | 9d85025b0418163fae079c9ba8f8445212de8568 (patch) | |
tree | 4629e2dedf4a9ed45a6855c129101f9b52138372 /Documentation/mono.txt | |
parent | docs-rst: add documents to development-process (diff) | |
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docs-rst: create an user's manual book
Place README, REPORTING-BUGS, SecurityBugs and kernel-parameters
on an user's manual book.
As we'll be numbering the user's manual, remove the manual
numbering from SecurityBugs.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/mono.txt b/Documentation/mono.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9a9744ca0cf3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/mono.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux ------------------------------------------ - -To configure Linux to automatically execute Mono-based .NET binaries -(in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR -wrapper, you can use the BINFMT_MISC kernel support. - -This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any -other program after you have done the following: - -1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading - a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from CVS. Binary - packages for several distributions can be found at: - - http://go-mono.com/download.html - - Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at: - - http://www.go-mono.com/compiling.html - - Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that - ``/usr/bin/mono`` (which could be located elsewhere, for example - ``/usr/local/bin/mono``) is working. - -2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into - the kernel (``CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC``) and set it up properly. - If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have - to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod - cannot be easily supported with binfmt_misc. - Read the file ``binfmt_misc.txt`` in this directory to know - more about the configuration process. - -3) Add the following entries to ``/etc/rc.local`` or similar script - to be run at system startup:: - - # Insert BINFMT_MISC module into the kernel - if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then - /sbin/modprobe binfmt_misc - # Some distributions, like Fedora Core, perform - # the following command automatically when the - # binfmt_misc module is loaded into the kernel - # or during normal boot up (systemd-based systems). - # Thus, it is possible that the following line - # is not needed at all. - mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc - fi - - # Register support for .NET CLR binaries - if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then - # Replace /usr/bin/mono with the correct pathname to - # the Mono CLR runtime (usually /usr/local/bin/mono - # when compiling from sources or CVS). - echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register - else - echo "No binfmt_misc support" - exit 1 - fi - -4) Check that ``.exe`` binaries can be ran without the need of a - wrapper script, simply by launching the ``.exe`` file directly - from a command prompt, for example:: - - /usr/bin/xsd.exe - - .. note:: - - If this fails with a permission denied error, check - that the ``.exe`` file has execute permissions. |