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+               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
+   can not 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 enries 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.