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Date:      Wed, 14 May 1997 01:31:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>
Cc:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha questions.. 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.93.970514012725.408J-100000@gnostic.cynic.net>
In-Reply-To: <199705140501.NAA07188@spinner.DIALix.COM>

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On Wed, 14 May 1997, Peter Wemm wrote:

> John Polstra wrote:
> > > : ... NetBSD-current is using ELF on
> > > : the Alpha now.
> > 
> > FWIW, they're using a hacked-up version of my ElfKit dynamic linker.
> 
> I saw this..  Have you had a look at what they've done?  Is it enough to 
> call "complete"?

What do you mean by `complete'? Both the alpha and the pmax ports
are completely ELF-based, and I use the former as my main server
at home. PowerPC also uses ELF, and there's been a bit of work on
an m68k version, I understand.

What does FreeBSD need here that NetBSD doesn't?

cjs

Curt Sampson    cjs@portal.ca		Info at http://www.portal.ca/
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