From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Feb 8 10:41:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA09931 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:41:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA09897 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:40:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA18302; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:40:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA43769; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:40:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199902062108.OAA17997@usr02.primenet.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:40:26 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: Could somebody please test this patch? Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: >> >> Fine, then _tell_ me what the specific address is supposed to be, >> if there even really is one. I know there's a specific address in >> SVR4/i386, but as yet you've given me no reason to think the address >> is wired down on the Alpha. Just saying it's wired down doesn't do >> anybody a bit of good if you don't state what the address is supposed >> to be. > > Do you have a copy of DEC UNIX with a compiler? I don't even have an Alpha machine. > Write a program: > > main() > { > for(;;) { > sleep(1000); > } > } > > And then examine the memory mappings for it. That will show where the RTLD is mapped for sleep, but it doesn't show whether the RTLD _has_ to be mapped at that location. I think a better way would be to run objdump on the Digital Unix RTLD and see if it has a fixed load address. John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message