Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:42:51 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: sos@FreeBSD.org Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux compat issue(s) Message-ID: <199610152142.OAA01669@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199610152139.XAA00198@SandBox.CyberCity.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.org" at Oct 15, 96 11:39:23 pm
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> > It should also be noted that it's kind of silly to follow the SVR4 > > EABI if you don't have the same trap entry points (ie: reallly follow > > it). > > So right, why do we bother with ELF at all, we're no SVR4 (thank god)... Dll's, COM, ActiveX, NT SCSI and video drivers, Microsoft software of various ilks, the ability to attribute segments and therefore page types in the loader, the ability to use the same loader for executables and shared libraries, etc.. Need I go on? 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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