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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

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.

        # Thus, it is possible that the following line

        # is not needed at all. Look at /etc/modprobe.conf

        # to check whether this is applicable or not.

        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.