Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:06:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Kapil Chowksey <kchowksey@hns.com> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Converting ELF shared libs into a.out shared libs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417140547.523d-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <199804171551.LAA15913@inssun5.hns.com>
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On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Kapil Chowksey wrote: > An ELF->a.out converter might actually be a neccessity for the sparc > port. Sparc OpenBoot can only boot from a.out images. There is one > existing for UltraLinux already. Which is why the bootstraps would be in a.out format and know how to pull up an ELF kernel... (in a perfect world) /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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