[gentoo-amd64] Re: Promise Raid Card WebPam for EX8350

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

P.V.Anthony posted <434F4078.4080500@singnet.com.sg>, excerpted below,  on
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:22:00 +0800:

> Since the WebPAM is a 32-bit appliance, it needs specific 32-bit related
> library or application when you are installing it. Therefore, In Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 4.0 for x86_64, you should include the package
> "Compatibility Arch Support"

This would indicate you need 32-bit specific libraries and 32-bit
execution support in your kernel.

1)  Ensure that you have 32-bit support turned on in your kernel (under
Executable file formats / Emulations, ensure that the IE32 Emulation
option is compiled in, or alternatively, compiled as a module and the
module loaded via modprobe).

2)  Ensure the various app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-* packages have been
merged.  You won't need all of them, but merging them all is likely easier
that figuring out which ones you need and which you don't.  (These are
32-bit binary compatibility libs, so no compiling required -- merges
should go pretty fast.)

3)  Ensure that you aren't running a no-multilib subprofile, and that gcc,
glibc, and the like, have been compiled with 32-bit support.  (You should
have /usr/lib32/libc.so and
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/<version>/32/libstdc++.so, among others)

For many 32-bit apps, that should do it.  It's possible you'll still need
certain 32-bit libs that aren't included in the above compatibility stuff.
You can run ldd <binary.file> to find out what libraries it'll try to load
and see if any are missing.

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