From owner-cvs-libexec Sat Mar 7 13:21:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17135 for cvs-libexec-outgoing; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:21:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-libexec) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.133.7.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17129; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:21:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13782; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:21:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199803072121.NAA13782@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Polstra cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-libexec@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/rtld-elf - Imported sources In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Mar 1998 13:19:21 PST." <199803072119.NAA23484@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 13:21:39 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-cvs-libexec@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Just getting desperate with the 3DFX Voodoo stuff for FreeBSD. Tnks, Amancio > > Incidently, can we convert a simple library such as the 3dfx linux > > elf library glide to FreeBSD? > > It's very unlikely we could convert a library that was built under > Linux. Remember, Linux has different header files, its manifest > constants are different, its structures are laid out differently, etc. > All of those differences are compiled into the library. Be my guest > if you want to try it, but I don't think it's feasible. > -- > John Polstra jdp@polstra.com > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA > "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth