Unix program on Linux question

[Garrett Goebel]

Brian Densmore wrote:
>
> If I have a compiled x86 Unix program and no source
> is it possible to run this program in a Linux box?
> I would tend to think that it is possible, even if
> one needed to load some type of VM interfaces.
> For argument's sake let's say the Unix program was
> compiled for UnixWare on an Intel architecture.

What you are looking for is called iBCS (Intel Binary Compatibility
Standard).

I think I used it once a long time ago. I think the 2.2 kernels were the
last to support it. Though the 2.4+ kernels have a Linux-ABI (see
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/abi) based on iBCS which may or may not be what
you're looking for.

The best link I could pick out with a quick google was:

http://www.aplawrence.com/Linux/linuxabi.html

Current development appears to be hosted at:
http://linux-abi.sourceforge.net/

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