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 --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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