From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 17 10:36:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA26779 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:36:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from DeepCore.dk (dial116.cybercity.dk [194.16.56.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA26771 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:36:04 -0800 (PST) From: sos@DeepCore.dk Received: (from sos@localhost) by DeepCore.dk (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA00355; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:56:12 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199601171656.RAA00355@DeepCore.dk> Subject: Re: Linux and/or ELF executables To: erich@uruk.org Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:56:12 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199601170010.QAA15213@uruk.org> from "erich@uruk.org" at Jan 16, 96 04:10:11 pm Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In reply to erich@uruk.org who wrote: > > > I checked the archives with not much success, so I'll ask directly... > > Is anyone working on Linux and/or ELF (System V R4) executable > compatibility? In particular, I need to run System V R4 (statically-linked > is OK) executables, with Linux a.out support being a plus, but not > necessary. Erhm, I ve a SVR4 loader plus emulation stuff lying around, but it is for use with our old iBCS2 emulator (the one before the NetBSD one crept in) > Given that COFF iBSC2 support is there (I think), it looks like all I'd > have to do is write an ELF executable loader (pretty easy) to get the > statically linked stuff to work. Supporting dynamic-linking is more > of a pain, though the bulk of it is in writing a FreeBSD-specific > interpreter. There is work underways for this, talk to jdp@FreeBSD.org and Ii as we are currently trying to get this coordinated.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end ..