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diff --git a/Documentation/mono.txt b/Documentation/mono.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d01ac6052194..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/mono.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +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. |