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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 1996 17:44:09 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: Demand loading (Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI)
Message-ID:  <199601031644.RAA20642@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <7741.820667981@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jan 3, 96 03:19:41 am

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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > Can someone explain why we need ELF or its equivalent for this
> > to be feasible? 

It supports any number of file sections.  Stock a.out supports only
text, data, bss (and symbols).

> I don't think we do at all.

I don't understand your antipathy against ELF.  Why still fiddling
with an ancient crock (a.out) when a more modern definition is already
there?

(I don't say this must happen tomorrow.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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