From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 4 10:20: 4 2001 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 10:20:01 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AACBB37B400 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:20:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f04IJuD34137; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:19:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:19:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Rafael Barrero Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD dlopen and such In-Reply-To: <20010102152714.A3189@lokigames.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message