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felix86 is a new open source Linux emulator to run x86-64 Linux programs on RISC-V processors (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Another awesome stopgap measure like Proton before the Linux and RISC-V standards take over the market!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This is a Linux x86-64 to Linux RISC-V emulator. It will not execute non-Linux code or execute code outside Linux.

The Linux system call interface is the same on both sides so, when it encounters a Linux system call in the x86-64 code, it makes that call directly into the RISC-V host kernel. It is only emulating the user space. This makes it faster.