Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:42:38 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Rafael Barrero <raistlin@lokigames.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD dlopen and such Message-ID: <20010105114237.A1548@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101041014540.33619-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:19:56AM -0800 References: <20010102152714.A3189@lokigames.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101041014540.33619-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:19:56AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > 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 :) Acutally you should have said "YES", with a limitation that the Linux object cannot make syscalls. On the Alpha we use a Linux library with the Compaq ccc comiler. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010105114237.A1548>