Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 17:03:55 -0800 (PST) From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> To: "Pedro Giffuni S." <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of windows, dos and svr4 emulation Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961205170108.4332C-100000@garcia.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <32A7693D.42F2@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Pedro Giffuni S. wrote:
> FreeBSD distinguishes between Linux´s ELF and fbsd´s ELF (never have
> seen one of those though) but I don´t know if there´s an additional tag
> in FBSD´s ELF´s for that purpose. I always run a.out´s (I use 2.1.5), is
> there any particular advantage in using ELF?
As far as I know, the only advantage behind ELFs is proper implementation
of shared libs and other such resources. But FreeBSD's a.out's are more
than capable of handling such beasties. That is one of the principle
reasons why it has taken FreeBSD "so long" to implement elf.
Linix is proud of thier ELFs, I have never understood why. I have heard
that thier a.outs are not as robust, but I can't confirm it.
Jon Mini, j_mini@efn.org, mini@4j.lane.edu
GAMMA Development Team
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