Commit 9cdda3d2 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Documentation/mono.txt: convert to ReST markup

- Fix document title;
- use quote blocks where needed;
- use .. note:: for notes;
- use monotonic fonts for config options and file names;
- adjust whitespaces and blank lines;
- add it to the user's book.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
parent 94e980cc
Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
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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
(in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR
......@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@ other program after you have done the following:
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.
``/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.
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
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:
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
# 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
......@@ -43,24 +43,26 @@ if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
# Thus, it is possible that the following line
# is not needed at all.
mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
fi
fi
# Register support for .NET CLR binaries
if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
# 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
else
echo "No binfmt_misc support"
exit 1
fi
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:
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.
.. note::
If this fails with a permission denied error, check
that the ``.exe`` file has execute permissions.
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