From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon Mar 10 02:50:33 1997
Return-Path: <owner-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA10840
          for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 02:50:33 -0800 (PST)
Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA10832
          for <questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 02:50:30 -0800 (PST)
Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA17405; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 02:49:10 -0800 (PST)
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
cc: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ELF and freebsd? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Mar 1997 22:25:29 PST."
             <Pine.BSI.3.94.970309222349.462B-100000@localhost> 
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 02:49:08 -0800
Message-ID: <17381.857990948@time.cdrom.com>
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

> There is no FreeBSD-specific ELF format, however Linux ELF binaries are
> supported when the linuxulator is loaded. 

Actually, FreeBSD supports its own native ELF format (using John
Polstra's Elfkit) and Linux's.  Since Linux doesn't stamp their ID on
their own elf binaries, you also need to "brand" them with elfbrand if
you're using a mix of both FreeBSD and Linux ELF binaries.

					Jordan