Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:35:04 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: <ia64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Program startup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0110111333240.84816-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20011008210708.C530-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Doug Rabson wrote: > I'm thinking of changing the way setregs() passes arguments to the program > being execed. Currently, sp points at &argc and r14 contains ps_strings > (which is ignored). > > I figured out how to create an initial register frame for the new process > so that we don't need as much assembler hackery in crt1.c. Unfortunately > this means that I need to change sp so that it is 16byte aligned and > includes a 16 byte scratch area. This will break *all* existing binaries. > > I'll make a new set of binaries available when I commit the change. I've just committed this change to the program startup conventions. New binaries are available at http://people.freebsd.org/~/dfr/ia64-root-11102001.tar.gz. Highlights of this binary set include shared libraries, and a reasonably complete set of /usr binaries. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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