Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 16:12:02 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> Cc: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha questions.. Message-ID: <E0wPbPv-0007Dp-00@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 May 1997 18:05:20 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.970506180413.8866A-100000@zen.cypher.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970506180413.8866A-100000@zen.cypher.net>
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.970506180413.8866A-100000@zen.cypher.net> Ben Black writes: : this actually reminds me of something i have been wondering about: is : there any desire to switch from a.out to another binary format like OLF : that is better suited to multi-architecture use. Yes. Is it worth it? I can't answer. However, the new Alpha port will use whatever the current tools produce in a relatively bug-free way. I'd personally like this to be ELF, but could see it being ECOFF if the ELF tools on the Alpha aren't up to snuff. However, the Alpha port is a ways away from being able to run any binaries, so there is time for the tools question to be resolved or sort itself out before it is an issue. Right now FreeBSD supports ELF w/o a hitch. People are always more than welcome to try the experimental, but promising looking, OLF on their own. Warner
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