Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:16:32 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> To: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha questions.. Message-ID: <199705140916.RAA09023@spinner.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 May 1997 01:31:46 MST." <Pine.NEB.3.93.970514012725.408J-100000@gnostic.cynic.net>
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Curt Sampson wrote: > On Wed, 14 May 1997, Peter Wemm wrote: > > > John Polstra wrote: > > > > : ... NetBSD-current is using ELF on > > > > : the Alpha now. > > > > > > FWIW, they're using a hacked-up version of my ElfKit dynamic linker. > > > > I saw this.. Have you had a look at what they've done? Is it enough to > > call "complete"? > > What do you mean by `complete'? Both the alpha and the pmax ports > are completely ELF-based, and I use the former as my main server > at home. PowerPC also uses ELF, and there's been a bit of work on > an m68k version, I understand. > > What does FreeBSD need here that NetBSD doesn't? Relax, it was just a question... I just wanted to know if it was complete (ie: fully functional with no missing parts, eg, 'ar' support). Does it use elf-style shared libray versioning (ie: symlinks and internal names) or does it use a runtime ld.so.cache major.minor[.micro] a.out style system? The rtld that John released with ElfKit only supported the elf-style DT_SONAME shared library system. I realise this is a touchy subject with the person from the "other BSD" camp doing what was done with Chris's elf work at cygnus. Cheers, -Peter
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