Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 14:28:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: grog@lemis.de Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: elm problem - "solved" Message-ID: <199511182128.OAA09626@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199511180801.JAA16694@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Nov 18, 95 09:01:44 am
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> > Why not use an aternate call table ala execution class for ABI support > > for IBCS2, Linux, etc.? > > How are you going to distinguish between the objects? In the case of > ibcs2 and Linux, the object files have different magic. Not so in the > case of old BSD objects. By the crt0.o instruction differences for getenv(), and for BSDI, for dlopen. Yes, I know this is voodoo, but it will work. The magic number just got bigger is all. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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