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Date:      Tue, 01 Sep 1998 23:14:44 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, sef@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Standardizing a BSD/ELF ABI... 
Message-ID:  <199809012314.XAA01153@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:40:24 %2B0930." <19980902154024.E606@freebie.lemis.com> 

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> >> Is FreeBSD ELF binary compatible with NetBSD/OpenBSD/BSDI ELF?
> >>
> >> If not, should we consider making changes for the 3.0 release
> >> to ensure as standard an ABI for BSD-based ELF systems as
> >> possible?
> >
> > You will have to convince the NetBSD people to stop randomly changing
> > their system calls first.  John Birrell discussed this at some length
> > while I was there last week, and it's about at the point where we are
> > going to need an ABI shim for them.
> 
> What about BSDI?  Presumably they've been stable for a while.  Having
> those two compatible would also be an incentive for the NetBSD people.

Indeed.  Anyone here doing anything with BSD/OS these days?  Sean, you 
keep labelling yourself as listening to them...

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