Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:26:36 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl kern.fallback_elf_brand Message-ID: <200102232026.f1NKQaW82988@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:14:49 PST." <20010223121449.B68586@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20010223121449.B68586@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010223043149.C2539@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010222233800.A1394@mollari.cthul.hu> <3A960EF8.75C3FC53@cup.hp.com> <20010222233800.A1394@mollari.cthul.hu> <200102230812.f1N8CVW79145@harmony.village.org> <20010223043149.C2539@dragon.nuxi.com> <200102231720.f1NHKXN00386@billy-club.village.org>
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In message <20010223121449.B68586@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:20:33AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: : > In message <20010223043149.C2539@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : > : Uh... really? I recommend UTSL to all: : > : > Yes, really. It is strip that is doing this. I have verified this on : > a 4.0 system that we have in house with od. It was producing : > different binaries than the 4.2-beta system and the only difference : > was the brand byte (0 vs 9). : : That is because the branding method changed. Again, go look at either : the code of sys/kern/imgact_elf.c or contrib/binutils/bfd/elf.c. Translated into a useful answer: The old brand byte of 0 won't cause problems because the old branding is different than the linux binaries causing problems. You don't have to be so curt with me about this, you know. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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