From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 11 17:39:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05198 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:39:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.tsc.tdk.com (gatekeeper.tsc.tdk.com [207.113.159.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05193 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:39:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gdonl@tsc.tdk.com) Received: from sunrise.gv.tsc.tdk.com (root@sunrise.gv.tsc.tdk.com [192.168.241.191]) by gatekeeper.tsc.tdk.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01895; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:38:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gdonl@tsc.tdk.com) Received: from salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com (salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com [192.168.241.194]) by sunrise.gv.tsc.tdk.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA12769; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:34:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gdonl@localhost) by salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA17038; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:34:26 -0800 (PST) From: Don Lewis Message-Id: <199901120034.QAA17038@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:34:26 -0800 In-Reply-To: bush doctor "What are the advantages of ELF kernels?" (Jan 11, 2:33pm) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(3) 7/19/95) To: bush doctor , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Jan 11, 2:33pm, bush doctor wrote: } Subject: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? } 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? They are compatible with the elf gdb that you installed with the rest of your elf userland, so you don't have to jump through hoops to build an a.out gdb just for debugging your kernel ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message