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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>

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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.



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