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Subject: Re: Linux compat issue(s)
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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
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