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.