Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:57:16 -0500 From: bush doctor <dervish@bantu.cl.msu.edu> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? Message-ID: <19990111155716.E10918@bantu.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901111944.LAA96896@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:44:21AM -0800 References: <199901111944.LAA96896@apollo.backplane.com>
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Quoting Matthew Dillon (dillon@apollo.backplane.com): > > :I was just asked this question by my boss, so can someone tell me > :what are the advantages of elf kernels as opposed to aout kernels? > : > :thanxs ... > > God, I'm going to sound like one of those IBM web server commercials. > > (long pause) > > Better compatibility with and portability to/from linux. > > Of course, there are lots of reasons for going with ELF - ELF has a much > more consistent shared library scheme, for one. But describing them in > terms that a non-computer-geek would understand is like walkinging off a > cliff blindfolded. That's ok, My boss, my coworker and myself make up the systems programming staff, so we're not afraid of tech talk. So does having an ELF kernel provide better support for elf shared libraries and elf binaries because it's elf also? > > -Matt > > Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet > Communications & God knows what else. > <dillon@backplane.com> (Please include original email in any response) -- So ya want ta here da roots? Dem that feels it knows it ... bush doctor <dervish@bantu.cl.msu.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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