Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:46:14 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: U Area Removal Message-ID: <4192E086.8060005@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20041111033238.GA723@empiric.icir.org> References: <20041111030035.GA70923@VARK.MIT.EDU> <20041111033238.GA723@empiric.icir.org>
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Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Hey there, > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 10:00:35PM -0500, David Schultz wrote: > >>Over the years, the amount of data we have stored in each process' U >>area has eroded to the point where all we have left are the following: >> >> - A struct kinfo_proc that is only used for a.out core dumps. >> This can be reconstructed at the time of the core dump, so >> it doesn't need to be there. > > > Aren't we 100% ELF these days? Surely aout is no longer relevant? > We are 100% ELF toolchain. We can still (in theory) run AOUT binaries so long as you use the COMPAT_AOUT kernel option and have AOUT libraries. But this is offtopic =-) Scott
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