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Re: Advice on the prefered way to brand ELF binaries as needed on FreeBSD
- To: David O'Brien <obrien at FreeBSD dot org>
- Subject: Re: Advice on the prefered way to brand ELF binaries as needed on FreeBSD
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:50:59 -0700
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <20000411203503.B92440@dragon.nuxi.com>
On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:35:03PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> FreeBSD brands all ELF files so the image loader knows what type of
> binary it is and use the proper compatibility layer if the binary is not
> a native FreeBSD one. Current we do it using the 1st patch below. I
> have taken a slightly more general approach with the second patch below.
> Is this patch OK, or is there another prefered way to do this?
>
Why invent new thing when EI_OSABI is available?
H.J.