Advice on the prefered way to brand ELF binaries as needed on FreeBSD

H . J . Lu hjl@lucon.org
Tue Apr 11 20:51:00 GMT 2000


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.


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