Running Linux ELF programs using Blink

[jankais3r]

Hi, I am opening this thread to discuss experiments with Blink compiled to WASM in order to run regular Linux executables in a-shell. I don't currently have time to look into this myself, but I thought I would mention it here in case somebody wants to give it a try and report back.

[holzschu]

If the goal is to run regular X86 executables, I would avoid adding an extra level of emulation. Compiling Blink directly to iOS/Arm64 would be more efficient, I think.

[HeavySnowJakarta]

If the goal is to run regular X86 executables, I would avoid adding an extra level of emulation. Compiling Blink directly to iOS/Arm64 would be more efficient, I think.

I don't think it's unbearable to let it run with WebAssembly. Let's try it as a toy. It won't be a big problem with light items. If it's truly useful we can research to add it natively then.

[holzschu]

Update: I have (finally) cross-compiled blink to Arm64. That's only the beginning (I still have to deal with chroot, variables re-initialization, cleanup...) but that's a lot closer than it's ever been.