Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:40:26 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Could somebody please test this patch? Message-ID: <XFMail.990208104026.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199902062108.OAA17997@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>>
>> Fine, then _tell_ me what the specific address is supposed to be,
>> if there even really is one. I know there's a specific address in
>> SVR4/i386, but as yet you've given me no reason to think the address
>> is wired down on the Alpha. Just saying it's wired down doesn't do
>> anybody a bit of good if you don't state what the address is supposed
>> to be.
>
> Do you have a copy of DEC UNIX with a compiler?
I don't even have an Alpha machine.
> Write a program:
>
> main()
> {
> for(;;) {
> sleep(1000);
> }
> }
>
> And then examine the memory mappings for it.
That will show where the RTLD is mapped for sleep, but it doesn't
show whether the RTLD _has_ to be mapped at that location. I think
a better way would be to run objdump on the Digital Unix RTLD and
see if it has a fixed load address.
John
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