Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 00:29:58 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux binaries that don't run? Message-ID: <19980326002958.A10562@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325102305.27923A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>; from Tom on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 10:25:41AM -0800 References: <19980325104506.60902@p.funk.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325102305.27923A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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According to Tom: > ELF binaries need to be branded before use. ELF is a bit stupid in the > fact that it doesn't indicate what platform the binary is for. So you > need to use brandelf to write the type into the binary, so the loader > knows that it is Linux ELF. Nitpicking: that does concern only _static_ binaries. Dynamic have the loader's name encoded and don't need to be "branded". -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar 1 18:50:39 CET 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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