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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:19:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Rafael Barrero <raistlin@lokigames.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD dlopen and such
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101041014540.33619-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010102152714.A3189@lokigames.com>

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On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Rafael Barrero wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 0) Are native binaries for OpenBSD different from FreeBSD? 

Yes.

> 1) Can a native binary dlopen a Linux ELF GL, yes or no?

No.  The linux compatbility is through the image activator.  The syscalls
have to be translated, otherwise if you were running as root and loaded a
linux lib into a freebsd binary, then that lib called fcntl(), your system
would reboot :)

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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