Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:56:12 +0100 (MET) From: sos@DeepCore.dk To: erich@uruk.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux and/or ELF executables Message-ID: <199601171656.RAA00355@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <199601170010.QAA15213@uruk.org> from "erich@uruk.org" at Jan 16, 96 04:10:11 pm
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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....
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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