Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:45:15 +0200 (MET DST) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jdp@polstra.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux compat issue(s) Message-ID: <199610161045.MAA21684@ra.dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199610161013.TAA03114@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Oct 16, 96 07:43:07 pm
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In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
>
> > > Damn, beaten to it again 8( I'm still trying to find a copy of the rotten
> > > ELF format!
> >
> > Too bad :), I have the framework done and will commit the changes tonight..
>
> How does one say "bastard" in the local doggerel? 8) 8)
>
> I presume this uses a method that JDP can integrate with the linker, so that
> it's not necessary to 'brand' ELF executables after you've made them?
That should be pretty simple, yes.
> Will your changes just reject an unidentifiable ELF binary out-of-hand,
> or could you add a sysctl variable to determine which format to
> presume? The latter method would be best, IMHO.
Hmm, following the ELF style I guess default should always be native, or
one could argue for SVR4 compliant (which you dont have yet).
I'm not fond of it being variable, that will generate too much support
steam I'm afraid.
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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