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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: ELF and freebsd? 
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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