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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:47:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ELF and freebsd? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970310094652.1052A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <17381.857990948@time.cdrom.com>

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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > 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.

That's why I asked for more educated persons to comment :)  Thanks for the
update.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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