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Cc: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: [patch] extending/completing brandelf's OS knowledge
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Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 01:07:44PM +0100, Alexander Best wrote:
>> patch is pretty self explanatory i guess. brandelf should now be able to
>> handle all OSes defined in the current SCO elf specs (26.10.2009).
>


[...]


>>  #define	ELFOSABI_STANDALONE	255	/* Standalone (embedded) application */
>>  
> 
> This does not make a sense. brandelf(1) is (was) used as a way to specify
> hint for the FreeBSD kernel under which ABI emulation the binary should
> be activated.
> 
> We do not support, and I believe never will, ABIs added in the patch.

but it might be useful in a cross development environment.