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The URLs in mono.rst redirect to pages on www.mono-project.com, so let's update them. I took the liberty to update the compilation instructions to the Linux-specific version, because readers of the kernel documentation will most likely use Linux. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
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To configure Linux to automatically execute Mono-based .NET binaries
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(in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR
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wrapper, you can use the BINFMT_MISC kernel support.
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This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any
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other program after you have done the following:
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1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading
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a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from Git. Binary
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packages for several distributions can be found at:
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http://www.mono-project.com/download/
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Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at:
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http://www.mono-project.com/docs/compiling-mono/linux/
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Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that
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``/usr/bin/mono`` (which could be located elsewhere, for example
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``/usr/local/bin/mono``) is working.
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2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into
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the kernel (``CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC``) and set it up properly.
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If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have
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to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod
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cannot be easily supported with binfmt_misc.
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Read the file ``binfmt_misc.txt`` in this directory to know
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more about the configuration process.
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3) Add the following entries to ``/etc/rc.local`` or similar script
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to be run at system startup:
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.. code-block:: sh
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# Insert BINFMT_MISC module into the kernel
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if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
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/sbin/modprobe binfmt_misc
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# Some distributions, like Fedora Core, perform
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# the following command automatically when the
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# binfmt_misc module is loaded into the kernel
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# or during normal boot up (systemd-based systems).
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# Thus, it is possible that the following line
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# is not needed at all.
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mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
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fi
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# Register support for .NET CLR binaries
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if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
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# Replace /usr/bin/mono with the correct pathname to
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# the Mono CLR runtime (usually /usr/local/bin/mono
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# when compiling from sources or CVS).
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echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
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else
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echo "No binfmt_misc support"
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exit 1
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fi
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4) Check that ``.exe`` binaries can be ran without the need of a
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wrapper script, simply by launching the ``.exe`` file directly
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from a command prompt, for example::
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/usr/bin/xsd.exe
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.. note::
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If this fails with a permission denied error, check
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that the ``.exe`` file has execute permissions.
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